Apps Open Elevated Windows Terminal as Administrator in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you different ways to open an elevated Windows Terminal to Run as Administrator in Windows 11.

Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.

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You must be signed in as an administrator to open Windows Terminal (Admin).

EXAMPLE: Windows Terminal (Admin)

You can select which shell to open in Windows Terminal (Admin).

Starting with Windows 11 build 22579, Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal (Admin) in the Win+X menu has been replaced by Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell (Admin). If you have Windows Terminal installed and would like Windows PowerShell to open in Windows Terminal, set Windows Terminal as your default terminal app.

Starting with Windows 11 build 22593, if Windows Terminal is installed the Win+X menu will include an entry for Terminal, and in cases where Windows Terminal is uninstalled it will display Windows PowerShell.

1 Open the Win+X Quick Link menu. (see screenshot below)

2 Click/tap on Terminal (Admin).

Starting with Windows 11 build 22572, Windows Terminal is now called Terminal under Start.

1 Open the Start menu, and click/tap on All apps. (see screenshot below)


2 Right click or press and hold on Windows Terminal. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on More.

4 Click/tap on Run as administrator.







1 Open Windows Search (Win+S). (see screenshots below)

2 Type Windows Terminal into the Search box.

3 Click/tap on the expand arrow for Windows Terminal

4 Click/tap on Run as administrator.








1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

2 Click/tap on File on the menu bar, and click/tap on Run new task. (see screenshot below)


3 Type wt into the "Create new task" dialog. (see screenshot below)

4 Check Create this task with administrative privileges.

5 Click/tap on OK.







1 Open Run (Win+R). (see screenshot below)

2 Type wt into Run..

3 Press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys.




That's it,
Shawn Brink