How to Turn On or Off Run Windows Terminal at Startup 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.

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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off having the Windows Terminal app automatically run at startup for your account in Windows 10.

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OPTION ONE

Turn On Run Windows Terminal at Startup


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 step 6)

4 Turn On Launch on machine startup on the right side. (see screenshot below step 6)

5 Click/tap on Save at the bottom right. (see screenshot below step 6)

6 You can now close the Settings tab or Windows Terminal if you like. (see screenshot below)

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7 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Apps icon.

8 Click/tap on Startup on the left side, and turn on Windows Terminal on the right side. (see screenshot below)

9 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.

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OPTION TWO

Turn Off Run Windows Terminal at Startup


This is the default setting.


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)

How to Turn On or Off Run Windows Terminal at Startup in Windows 10-windows_terminal_settings.png

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

4 Turn Off Launch on machine startup on the right side.

5 Click/tap on Save at the bottom right.

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

How to Turn On or Off Run Windows Terminal at Startup in Windows 10-windows_terminal_launch_on_machine_startup.jpg


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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