How to Minimize All Windows at Once on Windows

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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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    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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    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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    This quickly hides all open windows and shows the desktop.
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    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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