{"id":129590,"date":"2026-01-13T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=129590"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:12:06","slug":"restore-blue-background-powershell-windows-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/restore-blue-background-powershell-windows-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to restore the classic blue PowerShell in Windows Terminal on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"sum\">\n<li>Windows Terminal uses a unified dark theme by default across all profiles, but you can restore the legacy PowerShell colors.<\/li>\n<li>Changes can be made using the Settings UI or the settings.json file, and selecting the &#8220;Campbell PowerShell&#8221; scheme restores the familiar blue background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/windows-11\">Windows 11<\/a>, Windows Terminal ships with a unified set of default visual settings, including a dark background applied across all command-line profiles. This design choice helps create a consistent experience when switching between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and other shells inside the same window.<\/p>\n<p>For long-time users, however, that consistency can also be a drawback. When Command Prompt and PowerShell were separate apps, PowerShell&#8217;s distinctive blue background acted as an immediate visual cue, making it easy to tell which environment you were working in at a glance. Now, since the <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/windows-terminal\">Windows Terminal<\/a> applies the same dark theme everywhere, that instant visual cue is lost, which can lead to confusion.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer the classic blue PowerShell look, the Terminal lets you restore it. You can assign a legacy-style color scheme specifically to the PowerShell profile either through the graphical settings interface or by editing the <code>settings.json<\/code> file directly. This lets you preserve the modern experience while restoring the familiar visual.<\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/how-to\">guide<\/a>, I&#8217;ll teach you how to change the default PowerShell color scheme for the Windows Terminal app on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc\">\n<li><a href=\"#powershell_blue_background_terminal_settingsui\">Restore the classic PowerShell colors using the Terminal settings UI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#powershell_blue_background_terminal_settingsjson\">Restore the classic PowerShell colors by editing the Terminal settings.json file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"powershell_blue_background_terminal_settingsui\">Restore the classic PowerShell colors using the Terminal settings UI<\/h2>\n<p>To bring back the blue background to PowerShell with the settings UI, use these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Windows Terminal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Open the main menu and choose the <strong>Settings<\/strong> (Ctrl+,) option.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click on <strong>Windows PowerShell<\/strong>\u00a0(or <strong>PowerShell<\/strong> if you use <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/install-powershell-7-windows-11\/\">PowerShell 7<\/a>) from the left pane.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Appearance<\/strong> settings on the right side.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Select the\u00a0<strong>Campbell PowerShell<\/strong> option in the &#8220;Color scheme&#8221; setting.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-blue-background-restore-wt.webp?resize=827%2C566&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PowerShell restore blue background\" width=\"827\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-blue-background-restore-wt.webp?w=1024&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-blue-background-restore-wt.webp?resize=300%2C205&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-blue-background-restore-wt.webp?resize=838%2C574&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-blue-background-restore-wt.webp?resize=150%2C103&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button in the bottom-right corner.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you complete the steps, open a new PowerShell session, and it should now appear with the traditional blue background.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"powershell_blue_background_terminal_settingsjson\">Restore the classic PowerShell colors by editing the Terminal settings.json file<\/h2>\n<p>To change the color scheme for PowerShell to bring back the legacy colors with the settings.json file, use these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Windows Terminal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Open the main menu and choose the <strong>Settings<\/strong> (Ctrl+,) option.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>&#8220;Open JSON file&#8221;<\/strong> option from the bottom left corner.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Under the &#8220;profiles&#8221; section, inside the brackets for PowerShell, type the following command to change the background color and other elements of the UI:<\/p>\n<pre>\"colorScheme\": \"Campbell Powershell\"<\/pre>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-campbell-wt.webp?resize=827%2C394&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PowerShell change color scheme settings.json\" width=\"827\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-campbell-wt.webp?w=1024&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-campbell-wt.webp?resize=300%2C143&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-campbell-wt.webp?resize=1020%2C486&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/powershell-campbell-wt.webp?resize=150%2C71&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"tip-box\"><span><strong>Quick tip:<\/strong> If you have more than one line of code inside the bracket, make sure all the lines end with a comma (,) except for the last line. Otherwise, the settings may not save correctly.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Use the<strong> Ctrl + S<\/strong> keyboard shortcut to save the file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you complete the steps, the command-line tool will use the same blue background as the traditional version of PowerShell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can use PowerShell with the legacy blue background on Windows Terminal, and here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[97,19,2715,2436,2576,2666],"class_list":["post-129590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","tag-difficulty-level-advanced","tag-how-to","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-apps","tag-windows-help","tag-windows-terminal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to restore the classic blue PowerShell in Windows Terminal on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can use PowerShell with the legacy blue background on Windows Terminal \u2013 here&#039;s how using settings UI and settings.json.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/restore-blue-background-powershell-windows-terminal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bring back the blue PowerShell background in Windows Terminal on Windows 11\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can use PowerShell with the legacy blue background on Windows Terminal \u2013 here&#039;s how using settings UI and settings.json.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/restore-blue-background-powershell-windows-terminal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pureinfotech \u2022 Windows 10 &amp; Windows 11 help for humans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/pureinfotech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-13T10:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-13T12:12:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/windows-terminal-blue-powershell.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mauro Huculak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Miss the blue PowerShell? 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