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This wikiHow teaches you four ways to minimize all windows at once when you’re using Windows.
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Press ⊞ Win + D . The ⊞ Win (Windows) key is near the bottom-left corner of the keyboard.- This shortcut quickly hides all open windows and shows the desktop.
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Press ⊞ Win + M . The ⊞ Win (Windows) key is near the bottom-left corner of the keyboard.- The difference between ⊞ Win + M and ⊞ Win + D is that ⊞ Win + M will use the standard animations when minimizing windows, which may not be as fast. ⊞ Win + M does not minimize windowed fullscreen applications/games.
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Right-click the taskbar and select Show the desktop . This quickly hides all open windows and shows the desktop. -
Click the desktop button. This button is the thin vertical strip on the far-right edge of the taskbar. It's thin and the same color as the rest of the taskbar, but shaded different. All windows will disappear to display the desktop.- This only works on Windows 10.
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