How do I change the shell in Cursor’s editor (VSCode fork)? I tried to follow some instructions for VSCode, but it did not stick when I reloaded. Perhaps related: [image] Change the Shell used by Agent to execute commands Discussion Hello, I was playing around with zsh …

Change default shell in editor terminal

777lent May 7, 2025, 3:29pm 2

Goto Cursor Settings > General > Appearance > Open editor settings > Search: ‘default terminal profile’ > change the default profile for your OS

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