How to use Multiple Desktops on Windows 10
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to use Multiple Desktops with Windows 10.
Shortcut Keys covered in this video:
Windows + D To open a new desktop
Windows + CTRL + F4 To close a desktop
Windows + CTRL + Left arrow / Right arrow To navigate to the previous or the next desktop
As full-disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee. - Наука та технологія
@ 3:50 mark: "Clicking on an item & dragging it into (different) desktops" is exactly what I was looking for. It worked. (And "Windows" + "Ctrl" + "right arrow key / left arrow key" to shift between desktops was an added bonus!) Thanks again. As always. Great work, Kevin.
In case it helps: for those who have a touchpad with this functions, using 4 fingers gestures left and right also navigate between existing desktops, while using 3 fingers allows you to navigate between apps at a given desktop.
If you were on a lockdown browser can I still switch between desktop ?
Dude I did this today accidentally and I had the biggest mindfuck of my life. So yeah that how I found out about virtual desktops hahah
Thanks
I feel like there is more functionality that is as of yet not being exploited to create real virtual desktops. From hosting different shortcuts to different backgrounds and different settings on each desktop. I believe iOS might be better in this regard and I hope someone from MS sees this comment and pushes for better features
even microsoft employees don't use edge
When I add a new desktop, it's not a clean slate as it is shown here. All the icons and files of my main desktop are replicated. A copy gets made. I was wondering if it's possible to have a new desktop which has nothing on it, so I could have two completely different looks as well.
@@stoomkracht what software is suited for it?
@@stoomkrachtmans coming down hard on windows explorer lmao
Thanks a lot, I'm a security manager for a small business and needed more than the 4 windows allowed on the desktop. You are awesome, thanks.
All this covid time, I watched your videos and it helped me a lot. Good stuff and well explained topics. Thank you
Can we save & recover our apps on multiple desktops even after restart?
OMG, just switched from a older MacBook Pro and really like that Windows can do that type of Workflow with Multiple Desktops. Thank you so much for the video!
the most heartwarming intro ever
Thanks, Kevin, you are a great presenter, I'm glad I found you and your channel. Question: What do multiple desktops do to memory resources?
YOU SEE beyond the fiun good point just like multiple tabs on the browser your resources will be more but you can decide how much you want to use.
I knew this; I had forgotten about multiple desktops. I'll try using them again tomorrow at work! Thanks!
this video helped me recover corrupted files, i can't believe it works so magically, thank you so much
This would be so much better if you could have custom desktop and taskbar shortcuts. For example, I want to have a casual desktop with my browser and media shortcuts and I also want a programming desktop with all of my programming shortcuts. It is very difficult, but possible to change the wallpaper of different desktops in Windows 11. That is about the only customization you have with this feature, which is not good in my opinion. I think by allowing users to create custom multi-desktops will give the user a whole new experience.
I'm surprised this still isn't a thing in 2023 :/
This actually doesn't create a new desktop at all, it creates a new workspace. It's still the exact same desktop - same shortcuts, wallpaper, same everything.
@@wsjiii It is possible to change the wallpaper in windows 10 & 11 but it is a little difficult because it wants change both wallpapers when you use the system settings app. When you right click, select personalize, then change your wallpaper then it will change that specific desktop (Workspace).
As far as I know that is the only thing you can customize. Shortcut icons, themes, user accounts, etc. stay the same no matter how many desktops you create.
@@dictatorshipoverdemocracy It Was!Windows is Just a Shithole they Removed it!!!
@@wsjiii It Was!Windows is Just a Shithole they Removed it!!!¨
this is too awesome.. boost productivity to new level!
been using alt + tabs to switch windows for so long and its messy haha.
thanks for sharing.
thank you. since last 4 years never knew about this..thank you as it saved me a 3rd monitor for trading charts
I remember using multiple desktops with OS/2 (yeah I'm an old IBMer) and found it very useful 30 years ago.
I saw someone else ask about using multiple desktops with multiple monitors - hopefully you can make another video on this subject?
Thus was very helpful. Thank you. I have watched your wonderful videos for years. Keep up the great work.
Hi, thank you for your videos! Is there any way to save desktops like workspaces? In case of updates, restarts and other circumstances wehre you would have to open up all desktops completely from scratch
Really informative. I was trying to figure out how to implement and make it work for my workflow. The one thing this feature lacks is that if you have a dual monitor set up, the desktop taskview isn't able to pick up anything outside of the main monitor, which can be annoying when you want to move particular windows in your second monitor over to a new desktop. But I can see now that if I take the time to drag it to the main desktop, I can then move whatever I want over to a new desktop.
This explains A LOT. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
thank you for writing the shortcuts in the description!
Great step-by-step tutorial: short, simple and helpful. Thanks a lot Kevin for the video!
great video man, I wish I knew this earlier. Ctrl+ Windows Key + Arrow is more than a gem.
Just what I needed. Thanks for making it short :)
TY the shortcut keys is what I was looking for.
Thank you! I got my Mac multiple desktops and now I understand how to use my Win 10 desktops!
It would have been amazing if you could use Teams on both desktops for two different organizations. Since I am part of organizations for two different school boards, I'm constantly switching between organizations... something Microsoft needs to work out. Anyway, this desktop thing is a nifty feature when doing Zoom meetings and you don't want to have too many things open on your desktop when you share your screen. I like!
I was looking for that shortcut to jump between desktops, thanks!
never used it before, but right now I just need it. Thank you, this is really useful feature
Thanks for the videos as always. Looking forward to some videos on the Microsoft 365 Admin portal, and performing certain actions (account creation/deletion/license management). Thanks in advance.
just discovered your videos and I have learnt so much already! I would love if you could do a video on adobe photoshop elements 2018
Unfortunately Windows 10 desktops are very similar to linux workspaces, with the same limitations. Several desktops or workspaces just to have different apps opened in each one of them is quite short in terms of features. I would rather have several desktops behaving like different user desktops or computer desktops, where each desktop could have an independent configuration - screen resolution, program icons, taskbar shortcuts, etc. This is what I would expect from more than one desktop or workspace. The current solution is ONE desktop divided into two or more sub-desktops, all of them constituting one main desktop.
ye that was exactly what i was trying to setup a game desktop with all my game icons and a seperate wallpaper and a shool desktop with all my shool icons an da seperate wallpaper but i cant get it to work all of em are always synchronized
completely agree. this is exactly what i would need and is lacking. plus windows is very non customizable vs gnome, cinnamon, kde
Linux actually does have the ability to do what you mention here, via multi-session usage. Being a true multi-user OS you can switch to different "TTY" sessions (virtual terminals) using Fn keys, i.e. CTRL-ALT-F3, F4, F5 etc). This feature pre-dates X windows itself, when it was an all text console. This gave users & sysadmins the ability to multi-task by utilizing multiple sessions concurrently from one workstation or even from a dumb terminal.
Did you figure out how to do that? @@LexifromZargon
Thanks for the video.
is there a keyboard shortcut to move windows from one desktop to another instead for dragging them with the mouse while in the alt+tab menu?
This is really Helpful and also not boring unlike other videos about this stuff
We use windows computers at work and man these tips really make my job so much easier and faster. I can do the work of 3 people with these tips.
Thank you so much for your tutorial videos! I'm starting to get into create similar videos for my work location.
Desktop jumping method was amazing!
Always amazing inspiring and great explained videos. 💪🏽🙏🏽
Another vid to ponder 😎 Thanks man 🤘
I am watching this in 2021 and it was very helpful-- now I can maximize the use of windows 10. Who else is watching this in 2021? God bless you
Thanks 🙏 was really helpful I use it to track dashboards in one desktop and email messages in the other
Love the video! Very Helpful and Subscribed to your channel
On a touchscreen device, you can also access the task view by drawing your finger from the right-hand egde towards the centre of the screen.
I find this feature very useful as I run 5 screens and have multiple windows open at once across the 5, I can flip between the setups with ease. I used to use Powertoys Fancy Zones but this feature now means I can access the info with one shortcut key instead of 5 mouse clicks across multiple monitors.
Thanks for the guide, really helpful.
Hey Kevin. Thank you for the informative video.
I've been using this feature of Windows for a while now and it has been a great way to save time, especially at my workplace. I was wondering if there was something or a setting that could help make the desktop switching continuous. Recently I've had lots of workspaces open because of the nature of my work and its been kind of getting hard to get through to the workspace that I need as I would have to keep hitting the left or arrow key to reach the workspace that I need. Suppose I use workspace 1 & 5, I would have to keep moving between them by hitting the keys that many time.
Is there a way around this?
If you have to swap between 1 and 5 continuously, just drag 5 to make it a 2, then they will be close to each other.
Great video, thank you. Here's my question. I want to put certain folders or files on each desktop, can I do that? Thanks.
Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful.
I use it on a daily basis -- having work environment on one desktop and personal on the other. It's not perfect, for example when I open some link from email, it will open in the Chrome window that I used last and not the one that I have opened on the current desktop. Plus some other minor problems. But overall, the idea of breaking up unrelated contexts is a very reasonable feature.
Is it possible to set the desktops to different screens? I have 2 additional screens attached to my laptop and it would be fantastic to be able to have different desktops on each screen.
for multi monitor setup, go to taskbar properties, make sure "Show taskbar on all displays is selected", then go to "Show taskbar buttons" options and select - "taskbar where window is open".
@@sid0607 one more thing...can we add a keyboard and mouse for desktop 2.... actually me and my wife both want to work from a singy CPU at same time
@@Diamond_Windows There's a software called Aster which will let you use two systems from one laptop. I currently do this with my dad
@@suhaybahmed3813 both profile save file at same location or both have different folder separately to each other
@@Diamond_Windows Both will use different users. It'll just be like having 2 laptops
Thanks this was a huge help!
Thank you dude! using windows 10 from the first day when they published and didn't know about this haha
Thanks, Kevin. As usual; clean and smart and making it easy to learn
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I knew this existed just didn't know how to start it thanks bro
Thank you! this is the exactly what I was seeking
Thank you> This video was very helpful
Well done. Good video. One question: a lot of desktops affect RAM and CPU?
Hi Kevin. I enjoyed watching your video. It’s very easy to follow along your teaching. I have two questions for you:
1. If anyone call/chat me with Microsoft Team which is open in Desktop 1 while I am looking at Desktop 2, will I receive the call?
2. If my Excel is freezing/taking time to save/respond in Desktop 1, can I open another Excel in Desktop 2 and use Excel?
Thank you,
hey Kevin thanks for the contents you create, love to know how to use Microsoft vps in windows 10.
The keyboard shortcut is a duplicate Windows + D has always been a shortcut to show the desktop, which I use all the time as my desktop gets very cluttered and it's a quick way of tidying it. I'm sure I will figure it out perhaps having multiple desktops means the clutter will be spread across multiple desktops, a bit like having different desks for different tasks!
In settings under multitasking settings, you can show windows that are open on "All Desktops" on the taskbar and also by pressing Alt+Tab. I tried it but I'm just wondering if you happen to know the reason for that option? You might as well not have any other desktop created because you can still see all the tabs open on the taskbar. It does show that it flips through desktops, but it still feels the same as having 1 desktop.
My concern was having my email open or Teams open on a desktop and not being able to see any notifications while on another desktop if I chose the option to only show the desktop I'm using.
You are the best on your explanation .
Thanx! The description on miscrosoft website was useless as i had no idea where the task view was. Now i know! 😅
Hi Kevin, great vide and I learnt a couple of extra tips but there was something you didn't mention. When I have an automatic shut down by Microsoft auto-update in the middle of the night, (I always put my PC to sleep when I do the same thing), every single time all the pages that I put into separate desktops get all jumbled up into one desktop. Is there a way of locking them into the desktop I have set up for my pages?
I came here for the answer to this question myself. I was using the same browser on all three "desktops" only to find that on wakeup, all my saved tabs gone and not merged into the one browser. The only way around my problem is to use a different browser on each "desktop."
Great review, Kevin. Thanks!
Awesome. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for sharing this kind of video. It will be of great help for me. Godbless. Ty
Great video, thanks for the information
thank you so much, I accidentally had like 5 of these open and I was so confused loll
Kevin you are one of the best instructor don't worry of those thumbs down, they are jealous people every where ..
keep up the good work....
you help me a lot
GODBLESS
Hi!! Thanks for this. I have question:
Can we save the virtual desktop session? save & load.
I want easily go to my workflow virtual desktop session and it will open up the application to each virtual desktop and also load it's last position. Thanks
Cool video, thanks. Very helpful. I'll be subcribing, look forward to other great content.
Thanks! You are making the world a better place.
Wow, thanks so much, Mrflyingbryan! Much appreciated 🙌
Stardock Fences will let you slide the desktop left or right to have multiple desktops. Like Android homescreens. It's a great alternative.
Yes, Windows should have this built in.
Awesome functionality!
very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you very much really great video.
Hi Kevin! Is it possible that you can use different wallpapers in multiple desktop? If yes, how do I do it?
I always liked this feature but I wish I could have different resolutions on each desktop because I tend to separate my old win32 apps, which do not look very good on the newer high resolution monitor, on a different desktop from the newer programs.
I was thinking along these lines - a separate desktop with resolution 1024 x 768 for old windows games but looks like that is dead end.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing
You are awesome, thanks a trillion Kevin.
*_Thanks for sharing this video, Kevin. I've always hidden that Task View icon on my Task Bar thinking I don't have any use for it. And then I remembered this video of yours and I thought I might just have a new way to go about my work at the office with multiple desktops. This will surely bring out the productivity in me. Thanks again. Cheers!_*
Thanks for the help.
Hi very interesting tutorials. I am looking for a way to, with dual ultrawide monitors, everytime windows starts, to have in 1 monitor 3 split screens with their respective apps like Outlook + Excell + UA-cam for example. Any suggestion would be great
Hi Kevin, I have been watching your helpful videos when ever I m in trouble. It has always helped me. But I have one question - can it be possible to add new desktop with only the files and folders I need instead of replicating? I do not want to see the entire desktop with all the files and folders and applications opened on the previous desktop??
very Helpful. Thanks!
p.s. I also edit on power director. LOVE IT
Hi Kevin Thank you very much for a very interesting and useful video. Regards Phil
Came here cause I used the Win + Ctrl + D shortcut multiple times when I didn't even know what it does so I had 7 virtual desktops opened and had no idea how to close them lol. I watched this just to close them haha thank you
i had this problem when playing games, opening a new windows desktop while trying to clutch was indescribably annoying
I was today years old when I figured this out .... Thanks for explaining my mind is so blown 🤯
Hi Kevin, I wondered if you could explain me how i can move games to the other disk?
Kevin: I'd like to see a way to move your desktops around by dragging one of your desired desktops and move it anywhere else while you are in win-tab view.
I'd like to see a way to sort your win-tab screen so maybe have multiple rows for all your desktops.
I would like to see a way instead of having your desktop labeled "desktop 1" etc, to be able to relabel/rename it anyway you want.
It would be great if you do want to go to another desktop in addition to win-ctrl-left button and win-ctrl-right button to be able to do win-ctrl-1 if you want to go to desktop 1 or win-ctrl-3 to go to desktop 3 and to switch around like this as many times you want.
thanks, this is very helpful
Great video. Thanks
this will help you when your watching something personal and someone come to you at that moment you can easily hide all stuff on your screen by just changing desktop.
That was a beneficial video. I just learned something new for my Windows while looking for another thing. This leads me to my question, can I screen share on Zoom only one of my desktops while still using the other??? Thanks :)
What does multiple desktops do to performance?
I like the Audactiy App on the bottom..... I run Linux for the most part, but I never knew windows had virtual desktops. Not a fan of the 3 button switch, but the task switcher comes in handy. Great video man thank you. What do you do at Microsoft??
Kevin, can I transfer or copy an app or software from second desktop to the main desktop? For example, I am getting a All In One Desktop, can I connect the old desktop pc contents to the All in One pc using hdmi cable?
Please create or point me to a video you’ve done on my problem. I use multiple documents & software daily on Windows 10. The problem is I cannot see the borders so it’s hard to move resize or move them around between multiple screens.
Thank you!
It would be good to know more about networking two windows machines together and giving access over a network to folders. I have my network setup as a Work Network, and sometimes (even if both machines are in the same workgroup) it can be difficult to make a folder be accessed from another machine. How to setup a folder to be access by certain users on the network, but not others? This is all on multiple Windows 10 Pro machines.