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Secrets to Minimize, Maximize, Restore, and Close a Window

Minimize, restore, maximize, resize, move, and close a window

The Minimize, Restore, Maximize, Close, Resize, and Move buttons are also called Window Control Buttons, Window Controllers, Control Buttons, and Hidden Control Buttons.

To easily control these windows control buttons with keyboard shortcuts, read the three tabs given below from the beginning.

Minimize
Maximize/Restore
Close

There are many keyboard shortcuts and secrets to minimizing a window. Minimizing a window or multiple windows means temporarily hiding them from the computer screen. An icon for this is on the taskbar. It can be reopened when needed.

By minimizing in this way, you can fully see the windows/applications behind the minimized one and you may start the next task. Several keyboard shortcuts and secrets to do this are explained in this article.

Some of its buttons appear at the top-right corner, and some appear by right-clicking the title bar of any application window.

Minimize a Window

When you minimize the document it disappears on the screen, and then you can see only an application icon on the taskbar. This mode of application helps you see the desktop and access other work.

Click on the “Minimize” button which is at the top right corner of the title bar as given in the picture below.
Minimize button on a open window
Click on the button to minimize a window

Keyboard shortcuts to Minimize a Window

Keyboard Shortcuts to minimize an open window, press “Window + M”.
To restore, or minimize a window, press “Window + Down Arrow”.
To minimize a window after pressing “Alt + Space”, hit the “N” key on the keyboard.
Showing the contextual Window Control Buttons
Contextual Window Control Buttons

Minimize All Windows at a Time

Shortcut key to minimizing all the open windows at a time, press “Window + D”.

What is the Shortcut for Minimizing a Window?

To minimize any open windows, press “Window + M”. To minimize a window using the hidden control button after pressing “Alt + Space”, hit the “N” key on the keyboard.

How to Minimize All Open Windows at a Time?

To minimize all open windows at a time, press the “Window + D” key.

What does minimize mean?

In computer language, minimizing is the process of narrowing down or disappearing an existing window or application and viewing the screen or window behind it.

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