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Show the Desktop Using the Taskbar Button

 

Show the Desktop Using the Taskbar Button

Let’s say you’re casually browsing your favorite website, and you have several windows open like this:

Windows 10 Desktop with Application Windows

If you’d like to see an item on your Desktop quickly without disturbing your window layout, click on the tiny area to the right of the small vertical line on the far-right side of the taskbar.

The Windows 10 Show Desktop Button

That’s right—this tiny slice of taskbar is actually a “Show Desktop” button. Once you click it, your application windows will temporarily disappear, and you will see the Desktop.

Windows 10 Desktop with no Application Windows

This taskbar button works like a toggle switch. If you click it again, your Windows will pop right back up where they were before.

Windows 10 Desktop with Application Windows

Very handy. If you don’t like using this tiny button, it’s possible to craft your own “Show Desktop” shortcut that you can place on the Quick Launch toolbar or pin it to the taskbar itself. 

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