In 2019, Windows Terminal was first released as a preview. Since then, it has received updates that bring new features and functionalities. How to install and use Windows Terminal is covered in great detail in a previous post that we published. We’ll now demonstrate how to modify your Windows Terminal. We’ll see who wants to alter the app’s theme, colours, typeface, and even background image to suit their tastes.
Customize Windows Terminal by Changing its Theme
Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Bash commands can all be executed simultaneously in the Windows Terminal. Also, you can alter its background and foreground colours, font, and other features because it is completely adaptable. We’ll thus look at how to use the Settings option in Windows Terminal to simply change it today. If you haven’t already, you can get the software from the Microsoft Store (free).
Note: Changing themes and colour profiles in the Windows Terminal used to require a complex and time-consuming procedure. Microsoft has now added a GUI option, though, which requires little technical expertise to modify the application.
Use Dark Theme in Windows Terminal
- To change the theme in Windows Terminal, you first need to click on the drop-down button in the title bar. Then, click on Settings. The Settings UI will open in a new tab.
- In the Settings tab, hit Appearance on the left sidebar and select the Dark Theme option on the right pane. You can also make other changes, like hiding tabs, hide the title bar, and more. Be sure to hit Save at the bottom-right once you have made the changes.
Change Color Scheme and Font
- You can choose your own color schemes using hexadecimal strings or a simple GUI in Windows Terminal. To do that, go to the Color schemes section on the left pane of the Settings window. Here, you can either select a built-in color scheme from the drop-down menu or create your own. For the second option, hit the Add New button.
- To select your own background, foreground, and cursor colors for your custom theme, click on the respective boxes in the Color schemes settings window. Now make your selection either through the GUI color picker or the hexadecimal field. As you can see, I ve created a color scheme that gives the PowerShell profile on my Windows Terminal the look of an old CRT monitor.
- To change the font color and style, select one of the Profile in the left pane. That means you need to choose whether you want to customize the PowerShell UI or the Command Prompt UI, etc. For this demo, we will change the PowerShell UI.
- Once in the PowerShell settings, go to the Appearance tab. You can now change the text color in Windows Terminal using the first drop-down menu. You can also set the font face, font size, cursor style, and more here. Be sure to hit Save after making the changes.
Change Background Image
- To change the background image on Windows Terminal, scroll down to the bottom of the Appearance tab. Here, you can either use your desktop wallpaper as your Terminal background or choose any image file on your PC.
- Here s how my Windows Terminal looks with a background image:
Easily Change Windows Terminal Theme on Your PC
As a result, now that you are aware of how to change the theme in Windows Terminal, we advise you to fully personalise the Interface. Users also have a tonne of customization choices when using Windows PowerShell and the Command Prompt, respectively. In that case, see how you may personalise the Command Prompt and the PowerShell in Windows 10 by following our lessons if one of those is your preferred command line tool. See out how to utilise God Modeand how to use PowerToyon a Windows 10 Computer for additional power-user choices.