Windows 10 Basics: How to Use Multiple Desktops

Windows 10 brings something that end-users have been wanting for ages, Multiple Desktops / Virtual Desktops. But how do they actually work in Windows 10? How do you create a new Desktop. How do you switch between Multiple Desktops with shotcuts, How do you move Applications to other Desktops. All good questions and they all will be answered in this guide, we will even tackle more!

Enough talking! Let’s get going on How to Use Multiple Desktops in Windows 10.

Table of Contents

1. Opening Task View Pane
2. Adding a New Desktop
3. Switching between Desktops
4. Moving Applications and Apps between Desktops
5. Closing Virtual Desktops

 

1. Opening Task View Pane

To add a Virtual Desktop, open up the Task View Pane by pressing the Windows Key and TAB Key at the same time, or by clicking the Task View button as displayed below.

2. Adding a New Desktop

Read “1. Opening Task View Pane” and open Task View. Now that Task view should has been opened. You can click on Add a Desktop and add a Virtual Desktop. as displayed below. That’s really all that’s to it, nothing more nothing less.

 

[symple_box color=”blue” fade_in=”false” float=”center” text_align=”left” width=””] Did you know? You can also quickly add a desktop by using the shortcut CTRL + Windows Key + D (press those at same time)!
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3. Switching between Desktops

Read “1. Opening Task View Pane” and open Task View. You can simply click then on the Desktop you want to use. Windows will switch to that desktop and display all the windows you had open at the time.

[symple_box color=”blue” fade_in=”false” float=”center” text_align=”left” width=””] Did you know? You can also quickly switch between Virtual Desktops by pressing the CTRL + Windows Key + Left Arrow to go the previous Virtual Desktop and  CTRL + Windows Key + Right Arrow
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4. Moving Applications and Apps between Desktops

Read “1. Opening Task View Pane” and open Task View. If you want to move applications from your current desktop to another desktop, then within the Task View, click and drag / tap and hold the application to the desktop you want. If you want to move applications from another desktop to another then open the desktop you want to move the applications from and then use Task View to click and drag / tap and hold the application to the desktop you want.

It might sound hard, therefore we made a video for you explaining how it works.

5. Moving Applications and Apps between Desktops

Read “1. Opening Task View Pane” and open Task View. From within the Task View you can easily close Virtual Desktops by hovering over them and then clicking / tapping on the X.

[symple_box color=”blue” fade_in=”false” float=”center” text_align=”left” width=””] Did you know? You can also quickly close Virtual Desktops by pressing the CTRL + Windows + F4 key at the same time. This will close the currently active desktop
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