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type="guide"
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id="pref-profiles">
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<info>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-03" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-09-08" status="candidate"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="pref#manage-profiles"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Sindhu S</name>
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<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author copyright editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013-2014</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Create, rename and delete profiles.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Manage profiles</title>
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<comment>
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Kat
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Repeating that the user can edit the settings in each section is not
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very nice, we need to find a way around this.
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</comment>
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A profile is a collection of <app>Terminal</app> settings.
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<app>Terminal</app> supports multiple profiles. You can configure
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<app>Terminal</app> profiles to <link xref="pref-custom-command">run a custom
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command or shell</link>, set a profile exclusively to connect to remote
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computers using SSH or set a profile that launches a <app>GNU Screen</app>
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session.
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The available <app>Terminal</app> settings include:
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<list>
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<item>
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Profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Font and background colors.
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</item>
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<item>
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<gui style="tab">Compatibility</gui> with <key>Backspace</key> and
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<key>Delete</key> keys.
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</item>
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<item>
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<gui style="tab">Scrolling</gui>.
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</item>
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</list>
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<section id="select-profile" style="task">
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<title>Select a profile</title>
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If you have two or more profiles defined, you can change the profile in
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your current <app>Terminal</app> tab or
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window by selecting a profile from <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Change Profile</gui></guiseq>.
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</section>
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<section id="new-profile" style="task">
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<title>Create a new profile</title>
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To create a new profile with the default settings of
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<app>Terminal</app>:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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In the sidebar, click on the <gui style="button">+</gui> button
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next to the <gui>Profiles</gui> label.
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</item>
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<item>
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Enter a name for the new profile. You can change this name later.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click <gui style="button">Create</gui> to create the new profile.
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</item>
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<item>
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Set your desired <link xref="#edit-profile">profile
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preferences</link>. These will be saved automatically.
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="create-profile-from-existing" style="task">
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<title>Create a new profile based on an existing profile</title>
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You can create a new profile based on settings from an existing
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profile:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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In the sidebar select the profile on which your new profile should
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be based.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click on the arrow next to the profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select <gui style="menuitem">Clone…</gui>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Enter a name for the new profile. You can change this name later.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click <gui style="button">Clone</gui> to create the new profile.
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</item>
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<item>
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Set your desired <link xref="#edit-profile">profile
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preferences</link>. These will be saved automatically.
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</item>
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</steps>
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<note>
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Creating a new profile from an existing profile will not affect
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settings in an existing profile. Any changes to settings will be stored
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in the new profile.
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</note>
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</section>
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<section id="edit-profile" style="task">
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<title>Edit a profile</title>
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<note style="warning">
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If the default profile is edited, it cannot be restored to its
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original settings! If you have not already created any other
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<app>Terminal</app> profiles and have customized the default profile,
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<app>Terminal</app> may become unusable should any settings
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cause problems. It is recommended that you
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<link xref="#create-profile-from-existing">create a copy of the
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default profile</link> then edit the copy to create a custom profile.
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</note>
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You can make changes to existing profiles. To edit a profile:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Your current profile is selected in the sidebar. If you wish to edit
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a different profile, click on its name.
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</item>
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</steps>
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Once the desired profile is selected, you can:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <link xref="app-fonts">font</link>,
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<link xref="app-cursor">cursor shapes</link> and
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<link xref="app-terminal-sizes"><app>Terminal</app> size</link>.
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</item>
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<item>
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You may also change behavior of <app>Terminal</app> on
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<link xref="pref-custom-exit">command exit</link>, set a
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<link xref="pref-login-shell">custom login shell</link> or change
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<link xref="pref-scrolling">scrollbar preferences</link>.
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</item>
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<item>
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To change the <app>Terminal</app> background and text colors, see
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<link xref="app-colors"><app>Terminal</app> color schemes</link>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Changes to profile are saved immediately. To return to
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<app>Terminal</app>, click <gui style="button">Close</gui>.
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="rename-profile" style="task">
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<title>Rename an existing profile</title>
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You can rename existing profiles, including the default profile:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select the profile you wish to rename.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click on the arrow next to the profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select <gui style="menuitem">Rename…</gui>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Enter the new profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click <gui style="button">Rename</gui> to rename.
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="delete-profile" style="task">
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<title>Delete a profile</title>
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To delete a profile:
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select the profile you wish to delete.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click on the arrow next to the profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select <gui style="menuitem">Delete…</gui>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click <gui style="button">Delete</gui> to confirm.
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</item>
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</steps>
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<note style="tip">
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The default profile cannot be deleted. If you wish to delete
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that profile, first set another profile as
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xref="#set-default">default</link>.
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</note>
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</section>
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The default profile is loaded when a new terminal is opened unless you
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have selected another profile. Any changes that you make to the settings will
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be stored in the currently selected profile.
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<section id="set-default" style="task">
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<title>Set a default profile</title>
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The default profile is used when <app>Terminal</app> could not
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otherwise decide which profile to use. For example, <app>Terminal</app> is
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started up freshly and opens its first terminal window. In contrast, when
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you use a menu entry or keyboard shortcut of <app>Terminal</app> to open a
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new terminal, the profile of the existing terminal is used.
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<steps>
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<item>
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Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select the profile you wish to set as the default.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click on the arrow next to the profile name.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select <gui style="menuitem">Set as default</gui>.
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</item>
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</steps>
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<note>
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The default profile is marked with a check mark symbol.
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</note>
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</section>
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</page>
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