How to Change Windows Terminal Launch Mode in Windows 10


The Windows Terminal is a modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.

Starting with Windows 10 build 21337, Windows Terminal is now an inbox app.

Launch mode defines whether the terminal will launch as maximized, full screen, or in a window. Setting this to focus is equivalent to launching the terminal in the default mode, but with focus mode enabled. Similarly, setting this to maximized focus will result in launching the terminal in a maximized window with focus mode enabled.

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This tutorial will show you how to change the Windows Terminal app launch mode for your account in Windows 10.


Here's How:

1 Open the Windows Terminal app.

2 Click/tap on the down arrow button on the top bar, and click/tap on Settings Ctrl + , (comma). (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on Startup in the left pane. (see screenshot below)

4 Select (dot) the Launch mode you want in the right pane.

  • Default = Open normal terminal window based on launch size.
  • Maximized = Open maximized terminal window.
  • Full screen = Open full screen terminal window. You can press the F11 key to toggle full screen on/off.
  • Focus = Open normal terminal window based on launch size in focus mode, which hides the tabs and title bar.
  • Maximized focus = Open maximized terminal window in focus mode, which hides the tabs and title bar.

5 Click/tap on Save at the bottom right.

6 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.

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That's it,
Shawn Brink


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