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Shell profiles

Every shell the machine has, found rather than configured: zsh, bash, fish and the rest on macOS and Linux; PowerShell, Command Prompt, Git Bash and each WSL distribution on Windows. Ctrl+Shift+1…9 open them.

A profile is a name, a command and, optionally, a starting directory, and a tab can be opened as any of them.

• Found, not configured. On macOS and Linux, the shells in /etc/shells and on your path, one entry per shell, each started with the login flag it understands. On Windows, both PowerShells, Command Prompt, Git Bash and every WSL distribution. Uninstall a shell and it leaves the list.
• Your own shell first, always, and it cannot be hidden. Anything else can.
• Profiles of your own, such as an ssh to a server or a shell in a directory you keep returning to, in Settings → Profiles or by hand in settings.properties.
• Reached four ways: the chevron beside the +, File → New Tab With, the command palette, and Ctrl+Shift+1…Ctrl+Shift+9 (Cmd+Shift+1…9 on macOS) for the first nine.
• A default for new tabs, stored by id, so installing a shell never changes what + opens.

See Shell profiles.