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How to hide console window in python?

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Simply save it with a .pyw extension. This will prevent the console window from opening.

On Windows systems, there is no notion of an “executable mode”. The Python installer automatically associates .py files with python.exe so that a double-click on a Python file will run it as a script. The extension can also be .pyw, in that case, the console window that normally appears is suppressed.

Explanation at the bottom of section 2.2.2


In linux, just run it, no problem. In Windows, you want to use the pythonw executable.

Update

Okay, if I understand the question in the comments, you're asking how to make the command window in which you've started the bot from the command line go away afterwards?

  • UNIX (Linux)

$ nohup mypythonprog &

  • Windows

C:/> start pythonw mypythonprog

I think that's right. In any case, now you can close the terminal.


On Unix Systems (including GNU/Linux, macOS, and BSD)

Use nohup mypythonprog &, and you can close the terminal window without disrupting the process. You can also run exit if you are running in the cloud and don't want to leave a hanging shell process.

On Windows Systems

Save the program with a .pyw extension and now it will open with pythonw.exe. No shell window.

For example, if you have foo.py, you need to rename it to foo.pyw.


This will hide your console. Implement these lines in your code first to start hiding your console at first.

import win32gui, win32con

the_program_to_hide = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
win32gui.ShowWindow(the_program_to_hide , win32con.SW_HIDE)

Update May 2020 :

If you've got trouble on pip install win32con on Command Prompt, you can simply pip install pywin32.Then on your python script, execute import win32.lib.win32con as win32con instead of import win32con.

To show back your program again win32con.SW_SHOW works fine:

win32gui.ShowWindow(the_program_to_hide , win32con.SW_SHOW)