How to Hide or Show Profile from Dropdown in Windows Terminal app 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.

Windows Terminal will automatically create Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and PowerShell profiles for you if you have these shells installed on your machine.

Profiles will automatically be added to the dropdown to select from in Windows Terminal.

See also:

• What is Windows Terminal? | Microsoft Docs
• Hide profile from dropdown | General profile settings in Windows Terminal | Microsoft Docs

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show profiles on the dropdown in the Windows Terminal app for your account in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Profiles in dropdown of Windows Terminal




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)

3 Under Profiles on the left pane, click/tap on the profile (ex: "Azure Cloud Shell") you want to hide or show on the dropdown. (see screenshot below)

4 In the General tab on the right side, turn On or Off (default) Hide profile from dropdown for what you want.

5 Click/tap on the Save button to apply.

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




That's it,
Shawn Brink

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