How can I clear the terminal in Visual Studio Code

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I need to clean the contents of the terminal in Visual Studio Code   Every time I use Maven  the output of the terminal is attached to the previous build  which is confusing me   How do I clear the terminal window with some command or keyboard shortcut   cls doesn t work  it only hides the text

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2019 Update  Read in Full     Shortcut  Mac  cmd   k  Windows  ctrl   k    TroubleShooting  If the shortcuts do not work for you  the most likely scenario is that either you or an extension you installed has added an open ended ctrl   k   cmd   k chord to another shortcut   Open ended meaning  the shortcut does not have an explicit when clause that excludes terminal focus  There are two possible solutions here   Solution 1   If you added the shortcut  simply go to your keybindings json file and add a when clause that does not include terminal focus  Example          key    cmd k cmd c        command    someCommandHere        when    editorTextFocus       Solution 2   Alternatively  you can add the workbench action terminal clear command to the very bottom of keybindings json  ensuring it takes precedence over other shortcuts  It d be wise to add a comment so you don t forget and later place new chords below it  Example      Keep this keybinding at very bottom of file to ensure terminal clearing       key    cmd k      command    workbench action terminal clear      when    terminalFocus       For additional information  check out this GitHub issue

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paste this command -   Remove-Item  Get-PSReadlineOption  HistorySavePath  in your powershell and start new powershell and its found cleared  for further details check this link   https   www shellhacks com clear-history-powershell

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Right click on the terminal and select clear option  for ubuntu   For mac just type clear

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Go to    File  Preferences  Keyboard shortcuts  Search for  Terminal  clear  By default no keyboard shortcut is assigned  Just click on the Plus    icon in the banner and give the preferred shortcut of your choice to clear the terminal   I prefer to use ctrl k as that shortcut is not assigned with any command

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For a MacBook  it might not be Cmd   K     There s a long discussion for cases where Cmd   K wouldn t work  In my case  I made a quick fix with     cmd K  cmd  K   Go to menu Preferences -  Key shortcuts -  Search   clear    Change it from a single K to a double K

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FOR VERSIONS AT AND ABOVE v1 32 SEE BELOW   Bindings for this command still need to be setup manually  even at v1 33 1  which I am at  The command is there under Terminal  Clear but the binding is blank  Here is how you can setup bindings in v1 32 and up   Open up the Keyboard Shortcuts with Ctrl K  Ctrl S  Then click on the    next to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab to open up the keybindings json file     After doing so  find some open space anywhere in the file  and type in the key bind below          key    ctrl k        command    workbench action terminal clear        when    terminalFocus         FOR VERSIONS UP TO v1 32 SEE BELOW   This is for Visual Studio Code v1 18 up to v1 32  I believe  I am on v1 29 1  Since apparently there are a whole lot of assumptions about the default bindings  here is how you set up a binding  then use it  Keep in mind this binding will completely delete all of the history in your terminal too   Open up the Keyboard Shortcuts with Ctrl K  Ctrl S  Once you are in Keyboard Shortcuts  click on keybindings json in the text that says     open and edit keybindings json  Then on the RIGHT side  in the keybindings json  add this  make sure you put a comma before the first   if there are one or more bindings already           key    ctrl k        command    workbench action terminal clear        when    terminalFocus         FOR ALL VERSIONS   Remember  the  key   can be whatever binding you want  It doesn t HAVE to be Ctrl   K   To use the keybinding  you must have focus in your terminal  and then do the binding

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Just click the gear button on the left-bottom side on the VS code screen then Search for  Terminal  clear  By default no keyboard shortcut is assigned  Just double click the Terminal  Clear and give the preferred shortcut of your choice to clear the terminal  Usually ctrl k is used as that shortcut is not assigned with any command    FYI  This method is the same as  SuRa but is a little simpler  Btw  I use VS Code version 1 43 0

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workbench action terminal clear no longer works  at least for VS Code Insiders 1 54 on Mac  The following is the way to now map CTRL L yo the default console functionality         quot key quot    quot ctrl l quot        quot command quot    quot workbench action terminal sendSequence quot        quot args quot     quot text quot    quot  u000c quot         quot when quot    quot terminalFocus quot

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Try typing in  cls   if that doesn t work  type  Clear  capital C  No quotes for any  Hope this helps

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The Code Runner extension has a setting  Clear previous output   which is what I need 95  of the time   File  gt  Preferences  gt  Settings  gt   search for  output    gt  Code-runner  Clear previous output  The remaining few times I will disable the setting and use the  Clear output  button  top right of the output pane  to selectively clear accumulated output   This is in Visual Studio Code 1 33 1 with Code Runner 0 9 8    Setting the keybinding for Ctrl k did not work for me  presumably because some extension has defined  chords  beginning with Ctrl-k  But  Clear previous output  was actually a better option for me

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You can use below to clear the screen in terminal  cls  or  clr

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To clear Terminal in VS Code simply press Ctrl   Shift   P key together this will open a command palette and type command Terminal  Clear  Also you will go to View in taskbar upper left corner of vs code and open Command pallete  This will clear the terminal easily  amp  work for any directory you have open in your terminal  This is for Windows  also try if it works for Mac  This is command is work in all VS code versions include latest version 1 52 1

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CRTL   Backspace It works also

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F1 key opens the shortcuts for me using windows 10   Then type Terminal and you see the clear option

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If you re on a Mac  it s   k

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just type  clear  in the terminal  windows  or ctrl shift p and on mac - right click

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I m running the June 2020 update of Visual Studio Code  I was looking for a simple way to clear the history of Terminal output from a Python script  Killing the Terminal via clicking on the trash can icon on the upper right did what I needed  and my Conda environment automatically reactivated

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I am using Visual Studio Code 1 52 1 on windows 10 machine  cls  or  Clear  doesn t clear the terminal  just write exit It will close the terminal and press ctrl shift   to open new terminal

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V1 33 won t accept ctrl   k to clear terminal  Windows    You need to enable manually by adding below code in your keybiniding json  it will override the defaults   In your VSCode  press ctrl   shift   p  search for keyboard and click on Open Keyboard Shortcuts to open the keybindings json file   Note  If you open the Default one  it will show the default settings  but as this file is read-only  you can t edit it manually   Paste the following script in keybindings json                 key    ctr k                command    workbench action terminal clear                when    terminalFocus       Save the file   Now your terminal will clear by crtl   k

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Use Ctrl K to clear the terminal   But this is not possible in Linux Visual Studio Code   For Linux you can do like below   Via the command palette  ctrl shift p   tclear   To add this in shortcuts  copy paste this in keybinding file        key    ctrl k      command    workbench action terminal clear      when    terminalFocus

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Ctrl   Shift   P and select Terminal clear

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I am using Visual Studio Code 1 38 1 on windows 10 machine   Tried the below steps    exit   PS C  Users username gt  Cls PS C  Users username gt python

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To permanently delete the previous commands  use this   Set-PSReadlineOption -HistoryNoDuplicates Remove-Item  Get-PSReadlineOption  HistorySavePath Alt-f7

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Select Open Keyboard Shortcuts from command palette and put following to keyboard shortcuts file          key    cmd k        command    workbench action terminal clear        when    terminalFocus

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By default there is NO keybinding associated to clearing the terminal in VSCode  Therefore  one must add a NEW Keybinding by following the below steps    Navigate  File --  Preferences --  Keyboard Shortcuts   Or Ctrl   K and Ctrl   S together  Type in the Search Bar on top  Terminal  Clear  An entry with Command  Terminal Clear will show up with the following VSCode command workbench action terminal clear  Right Click on it and press Change Keybinding  Then press Ctrl   K together and then Enter  It will be saved  Right Click again and press Change When Expression  Just enter  terminalFocus  It will be saved       Finally  open your integrated terminal and with focus inside the terminal  press Ctrl   K

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To clear the terminal  using default keybindings on the newest version of VS-Code  you press CTRL-L

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You can change from settings menu  at least from version 1 30 2 and above      On Mac  just hit Code   Preferences   Settings   Then just search for  clear  and check Clear Previous Output

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The accepted answer should be the following which was unmultimedio s comment to one of the answers above      Cmd K will work  you just need to set again in the Keyboard Shortcuts   the workbench action terminal clear to Cmd K  so it shows as Source    User instead of Source  Default     unmultimedio Mar 12  19 at 1 13

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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  gt  Preferences  gt  Keyboard Shortcuts search for workbench action terminal clear If it has no mapping or you wish to change the mapping  continue  otherwise note  amp  use the existing mapping Double click on this entry  amp  you ll be prompted for a key binding   Hold CTRL and tap K   Ctrl   K should now be listed   Press enter to save this mapping Right click the entry and select Change when expression   Type terminalFocus 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

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