Change default terminal back to Bash in VS Code

Question

I installed zsh in my Ubuntu 18.04 but didn't like it. After installing it I was having issues, so I removed it.

The default terminal in my VS Code has not changed back to Bash for some reason. Whenever I open the inbuilt terminal, an error message pops up:

The terminal process command '/usr/bin/zsh' failed to launch (exit code: 1)

I am just able to capture the screenshot - terminal gets automatically closed after fractions of a second.

Answer 1

Try 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.

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

New and easiest way

Configure your default integrated terminal by running the Terminal: Select Default Profile command, which is also accessible via the terminal dropdown.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_terminal-profiles

Answer 4

Open the file ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json and add the following line to the end of the file

"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "bash"

Replace bash with whatever terminal flavor you fancy.

Ooops i didnt notice this answer was already given by

Maddu Swaroop . Credits to him though i had to find my own despite it was there.