How can I clear the terminal in Visual Studio Code?
Use Ctrl+K. This goes clean your console in Visual Studio Code.
Per comments, in later versions of VSCode (1.29 and above) this shortcut is missing / needs to be created manually.
- Navigate:
File
>Preferences
>Keyboard Shortcuts
- search for
workbench.action.terminal.clear
- If it has no mapping or you wish to change the mapping, continue; otherwise note & use the existing mapping
- Double click on this entry & you'll be prompted for a key binding. Hold
CTRL
and tapK
.Ctrl + K
should now be listed. Press enter to save this mapping - Right click the entry and select
Change when expression
. TypeterminalFocus
then press enter. - That's it. Now, when the terminal is in focus and you press Ctrl+K you'll get the behaviour you'd have expected to get from running
clear
/cls
.
Ctrl + Shift + P and select Terminal:clear