Win+D

Show Desktop on Windows

Windows · The Windows Key
ActionShow Desktop
ShortcutWin + D
PlatformWindows
CategoryThe Windows Key

About this shortcut

On Windows, you can show desktop with Win + D. Minimises everything to show the desktop; press again to restore. It sits in the The Windows Key group and is one of the Windows shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Windows conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to show desktop.

2

Press the keys

Press Win + D.

3

Done

Minimises everything to show the desktop; press again to restore.

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