
Remove terminal instances by hovering a tab and selecting the Trash Can button, selecting a tab item and pressing Delete, using Terminal: Kill the Active Terminal Instance command, or via the right-click context menu. This action creates another entry in the tab list associated with that terminal.

Terminal instances can be added by selecting the + icon on the top-right of the TERMINAL panel, selecting a profile from the terminal dropdown, or by triggering the ⌃⇧` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+`) command.

Tip: Change the tabs location using the setting. Each terminal has an entry with its name, icon, color, and group decoration (if any). The terminal tabs UI is on the right side of the terminal view. There's a dedicated troubleshooting guide to help you with these sorts of problems.
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Note: If you're having trouble launching your preferred shell in the integrated terminal, it may be due to your shell's configuration or a VS Code terminal setting. You can learn more about configuring terminal shells in the terminal profiles section below. You can select other available shells to use in terminal instances or as the default such as Command Prompt on Windows, and zsh on macOS and Linux. The integrated terminal can use various shells installed on your machine, with the defaults being: Note: Open an external terminal with the ⇧⌘C (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+C) keyboard shortcut if you prefer to work outside VS Code. You can create a new terminal via the Terminal menu with Terminal > New Terminal.

From the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)), use the View: Toggle Terminal command.Use the ⌃` (Windows, Linux Ctrl+`) keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.It provides integration with the editor to support features like links and error detection. Visual Studio Code includes a fully-featured integrated terminal that conveniently starts at the root of your workspace. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.
