Too Many Windows Open? Close Them All Quickly with These Tricks

  • February 15, 2024
  • Posted by: Ryan White
  • Categories: News, Productivity
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Have you ever selected a bunch of files and accidentally opened them all by double-clicking one? Or perhaps inadvertently pressed Command-I to get info, ending up with oodles of open Info windows?

Here’s a quick way to recover.

You can close all the windows in any well-written app with judicious use of the Option key. Press it while clicking the File menu and Close Window becomes Close All Windows. Command-W closes one window; Command-Option-W closes all of that app’s windows. If you’re a mouse person, Option-click the red close button in any window to close all the rest.

too many windows open close them all quickly with these tricks

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Social Media: Next time you inadvertently open a large number of windows, you can use these Option-key tricks to close them all quickly.



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