---
id: upgrade
title: Upgrade
sidebar_label: ♻️ Upgrade
---

import Tabs from "@theme/Tabs";
import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem";
import Config from "@site/src/components/Config.js";

## Configuration

Oh My Posh can display the availability of an update, or auto update itself when
enabled by adding the following to your configuration.

<Config
  data={{
    upgrade: {
      notice: true,
      interval: "168h",
      auto: false,
      source: "cdn",
    },
  }}
/>

| Name       |   Type    | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | :-------: | :-----: | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `notice`   | `boolean` | `false` | enable displaying the upgrade notice on shell start, only checks based on `interval`                                                                                                                                       |
| `auto`     | `boolean` | `false` | automatically update Oh My Posh when an update is found, only checks based on `interval`                                                                                                                                   |
| `interval` | `string`  |  `24h`  | the duration for which not to check for an update. The duration is a string in the format `1h2m3s` and is parsed using the [time.ParseDuration] function from the Go standard library                                      |
| `source`   | `string`  |  `cdn`  | where to fetch the information from. Accepted values are `cdn` (`https://cdn.ohmyposh.dev/releases/latest/version.txt`) and `github` (`https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/version.txt`) |

## Upgrade

### Manual

While you can always follow the upgrade steps listed under the installation section,
you can also use the `upgrade` command to update Oh My Posh to the latest version.

```powershell
oh-my-posh upgrade
```

### Automated

<Tabs
  defaultValue="cli"
  groupId="sample"
  values={[
    { label: 'CLI', value: 'cli', },
    { label: 'Configuration', value: 'config', },
  ]
}>
<TabItem value="cli">

```powershell
oh-my-posh enable upgrade
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="config">

<Config
  data={{
    upgrade: {
      interval: "168h",
      auto: true,
      source: "cdn",
    },
  }}
/>

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

[customize]: /docs/installation/customize#custom-configuration
