Rename tab title not working for WSL and Bash #7386

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opened 2026-01-31 01:02:34 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @matheusfelipeog on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020).

Hi :)

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I use the latest Windows Terminal with PowerShell, CMD, Ubuntu (WSL) and Bash (Git Bash for Windows) and I can't change the title of the Ubuntu and Bash tab in the profiles.json file.

I saw that it was implemented in #1358, but it doesn't work in the cases I described.

And why this?
Is there a solution?

Configuration and Execution

In profiles.json file:
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In Windows Terminal:
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But it's working for CMD and PowerShell:

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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020):

Turn on the suppressApplicationTitle option. The "tab title" is a recommendation, and the application can delete it if it wants to. Bash usually does. supressApplicationTitle overrides bash.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020): Turn on the `suppressApplicationTitle` option. The "tab title" is a recommendation, and the application can delete it if it wants to. Bash usually does. `supressApplicationTitle` overrides bash.
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@matheusfelipeog commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020):

Oh, right. It worked.
Thanks 😄

@matheusfelipeog commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020): Oh, right. It worked. Thanks 😄
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Reference: starred/terminal#7386