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.

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. <ol> <li>Code (Menu) > Preferences > User Settings</li> </ol> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L2ley.png" alt="enter image description here"> <ol start="2"> <li>Edit settings.json <code>"terminal.external.osxExec": "iTerm.app"</code> and <code>"terminal.explorerKind": "external"</code> </li> </ol> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dg1M9.png" alt="enter image description here"> <ol start="3"> <li>Open in Terminal</li> </ol> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NnPe3.png" alt="enter image description here"> <ol start="4"> <li>iTerm is now default terminal launched from VSCode</li> </ol> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VdvBK.png" alt="enter image description here">

Change default terminal app in Visual Studio Code on Mac

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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.

Code (Menu) > Preferences > User Settings

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

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Open in Terminal

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iTerm is now default terminal launched from VSCode

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answered Sep 18 '22 14:09

LeLong37

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Change default terminal app in Visual Studio Code on Mac

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