Change default terminal app in Visual Studio Code on Mac

Question

I want to change the default terminal app used by Visual Studio Code for Mac. I am thinking it is part of preferences or settings json, but unsure.

Answer 1

Here's an example of how to make another terminal the default for VSCode, in this example I've downloaded iTerm2 and copied iTerm2 to Applications.

1. Code (Menu) > Preferences > User Settings

2. Edit settings.json "terminal.external.osxExec": "iTerm.app" and "terminal.explorerKind": "external"

3. Open in Terminal

4. iTerm is now default terminal launched from VSCode