Change default terminal back to Bash in VS Code

Tray the following steps:

  1. In the VSC application open File>Preferences>Settings. Or press Ctrl+,;
  2. At this point you can browse the settings, or type terminal.integrated.shell.linux in the search bar;
  3. As value of the field Terminal > Integrated > Shell:Linux fill /bin/bash. Then restart the application.

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Or, probably better, search for /bin/zsh and replace it with /bin/bash.


  • Open Preferences > Settings or simply use Ctrl+,
  • Search for Terminal › Integrated › Shell: Linux
  • Click on Edit in settings.json
  • Finally add this line "terminal.integrated.shell.linux" : "/bin/bash" and restart your application.