To add a new profile in the Windows Terminal, follow the simple steps below. This quick and straightforward guide lets me show you how to add a new profile in Windows Terminal. Since you can customize Windows Terminal profiles individually, it will be easy to differentiate between duplicate profiles. In those cases, you can easily create and add a new profile in Windows Terminal. The new profile can be an altogether new shell, duplicate an existing shell or existing shell with arguments and custom configuration. That is one of the reasons why you see Linux shell in Windows Terminal as soon as you install a Linux-based OS via Windows Subsystem for Linux.Īpart from the default profiles, there might be situations where you need to create custom profiles in Windows Terminal. Applications and developers can also add them to the Windows Terminal. Generally, Windows Terminal can detect any existing shells in the Windows OS and add them as a separate profile.