How to make Mac Terminal Black

By default the background of the Mac Terminal is black, unless you have applied a theme or changed the background to some other color.

If you want the Terminal to have the same default color theme again then follow the below steps,

  1. Open the Terminal App on your Mac.
  2. Now go to Menu: Terminal -> Settings...
  3. Now under Profiles tab, make sure that Basic Theme is selected.
  4. Also make sure that "Color & Effects" background is set to black color.
    Mac Terminal Profile Select Basic theme and Background as Black
  5. Close the Profiles window.
  6. You will see that the Terminal color is back again.
Terminal Color Before
Terminal Color After

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