Remove the PowerShell update message in Terminal & PowerShell

This tutorial teaches you how to remove the 'Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements!' message in Terminal or PowerShell in Windows 11.

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Follow the steps in this tutorial if the PowerShell update message still appears after updating PowerShell.

How to remove the PowerShell update message in Terminal and PowerShell

1. Open Windows Terminal.
   
2. Click on the drop-down arrow located next to the tabs.
   
3. Click on Settings.
   
4. Click on Open JSON file located in the bottom left corner of the Terminal window.
   
5. In the 'Profiles' section of the settings.json file, you change "commandline": "powershell.exe" to "commandline": "powershell.exe -NoLogo" like in the example below.

   
   "profiles": 
       {
           "defaults": {},
           "list": 
           [
               {
                   "commandline": "%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -NoLogo",
                   "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
                   "hidden": false,
                   "name": "Windows PowerShell"
               },
   
   

   
6. Save the changes.
   
7. Close the settings.json file.
   
8. Close Windows Terminal.
   
9. Open Windows Terminal.
   

The PowerShell update message should no longer appear in Windows Terminal and PowerShell.

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Related:

How to open CMD in a folder as administrator on Windows 11

References:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/install-the-latest-powershell-for-new-features-and/39423e9b-d3f0-4e4f-b260-3b12e2fe7571