# How to change "julia\>" prompt to "\>" in console and vscode?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** repl
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861 "2025-07-19T01:44:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/1 "2025-07-19T01:44:39Z")
And hide Julia initial info too, so the repl will be nice and clean.
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### Author:  [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/2 "2025-07-19T02:12:41Z")
```julia
# Set the prompt using environment variable
ENV["JULIA_PROMPT"] = "> "
# Also try the REPL approach as backup
using REPL
if isinteractive()
atreplinit() do repl
try
repl.interface = REPL.setup_interface(repl)
repl.interface.modes[1].prompt = "> "
catch
# If this fails, the environment variable should still work
end
end
end
```
1. Shell environment variable: JULIA\_PROMPT="\> " in your ~/.zshrc
2. Alias for splash screen: julia --quiet --banner=no
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### Author:  [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/3 "2025-07-19T02:27:40Z")
Thanks, I tried `JULIA_PROMPT` but seems like it doesn’t work? (the second approach doesn’t work ether).
```julia
bash> echo $JULIA_PROMPT
>
bash> julia
_
_ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
(_) | (_) (_) |
_ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
| | | | | | |/ _` | |
| | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.11.4 (2025-03-10)
_/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Built by Homebrew (v1.11.4)
|__/ |
julia> "Hi"
"Hi"
julia> ENV["JULIA_PROMPT"] = "> "
"> "
julia> "Hi"
"Hi"
julia>
```
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### Author:  [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/4 "2025-07-19T03:20:17Z")
That’s because dummy here left out the part of the startup.jl file
```julia
# Set the prompt using environment variable
ENV["JULIA_PROMPT"] = "> "
# Also try the REPL approach as backup
using REPL
if isinteractive()
atreplinit() do repl
try
repl.interface = REPL.setup_interface(repl)
repl.interface.modes[1].prompt = "> "
catch
# If this fails, the environment variable should still work
end
end
end
```
This goes in your ~/.julia/config directory
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### Author:  [@Joris\_Pinkse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Joris_Pinkse)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/5 "2025-07-19T03:25:59Z")
[Home · OhMyREPL](https://kristofferc.github.io/OhMyREPL.jl/latest/) does that plus a bunch more.
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### Author:  [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/6 "2025-07-19T04:15:47Z")
> [@technocrat](#):
>
> ```julia-auto
> # Set the prompt using environment variable
> ENV["JULIA_PROMPT"] = "> "
>
> # Also try the REPL approach as backup
> using REPL
>
> if isinteractive()
> atreplinit() do repl
> try
> repl.interface = REPL.setup_interface(repl)
> repl.interface.modes[1].prompt = "> "
> catch
> # If this fails, the environment variable should still work
> end
> end
> end
>
> ```
Thanks, adding it to `~/.julia/config/startup.jl` solved the prmpt.
As for removing the banner - isn’t there any config/env option to supress it? adding `--quiet` is not convenient
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### Author:  [@technocrat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/technocrat)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/7 "2025-07-19T04:37:45Z")
Didn’t find one, but
```julia
alias julia="julia --quiet --banner=no"
```
in `.zshrc` is a problem?
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### Author:  [@Alex1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alex1)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/8 "2025-07-19T05:45:37Z")
> [@technocrat](#):
>
> `alias julia="julia --quiet --banner=no"`
Thanks, yes that’s reasonable solution.
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### Author:  [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-julia-prompt-to-in-console-and-vscode/130861/9 "2025-07-19T16:19:39Z")
To add on to @Joris_Pinkse, changing the prompt is a [dedicated example](https://kristofferc.github.io/OhMyREPL.jl/latest/features/prompt/) as well.
```julia
OhMyREPL.input_prompt!("> ", :magenta)
OhMyREPL.output_prompt!("> ", :red)
```
Additionally,
> If the first argument instead is a function, it will be run every time the prompt wants to update which allows for more dynamic behavior.