Knowledgebase - Interactive Online

How to change PuTTY's appearance Quick answerAdjust PuTTY's local font, cursor and colors for readability, then save the...

How to change character setting in PuTTY Quick answerChoose a terminal character set compatible with the remote application, usually UTF-8...

How to change the bell style and settings in PuTTY Quick answerPuTTY's terminal bell can use sound, a visual alert or no alert. The bell is a...

How to clean up your PuTTY sessions Quick answerPuTTY -cleanup can remove more than one saved session, including local configuration...

How to copy & paste to & from a PuTTY window Quick answerPuTTY selection commonly copies text, and right-click or Shift+Insert can paste...

How to create a log file of your PuTTY session Quick answerEnable PuTTY logging only for the needed diagnostic scope and protect the resulting...

How to download and install PuTTY Quick answerDownload PuTTY from its official project page and choose the supported Windows...

How to increase the scroll buffer size in PuTTY Quick answerIncrease PuTTY's Lines of scrollback if you need to review more terminal output....

How to start PuTTY in a maximized window Quick answerA Windows shortcut can launch PuTTY maximized. This changes the terminal window size,...

Load, save or delete PuTTY server connections Quick answerSaved PuTTY sessions store connection and terminal settings. Confirm the...

Open and exit a PuTTY session Quick answerTo exit PuTTY after reaching the remote shell prompt, type exit and press Enter. To...