VSCode Change Default Terminal

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abhijeetps picture abhijeetps · Jun 8, 2017 · Viewed 143.3k times · Source

I am using Visual Studio Code on my Windows 10 PC. I want to change my default terminal from Windows PowerShell to Bash on Ubuntu (on Windows).

How can I do that?

Answer

Levi Fuller picture Levi Fuller · Aug 26, 2017

You can also select your default terminal by pressing F1 in VS Code and typing/selecting Terminal: Select Default Shell.

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