Most of us place our quick-access items on the desktop such that we can use them whenever needed. Therefore, we constantly need to show our Desktop when multitasking.

You have probably faced a situation where you open tons of files and want to view your Desktop quickly. Indeed, minimizing or closing each one will take a lot of time.

But what if we tell you there are tons of shortcuts to do this? Here, we introduce some easy techniques to show Desktop on Windows 11.

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Open Desktop From The Taskbar

Using the taskbar is probably the simplest way to show the Desktop on Windows 11. However, if you’re unaware of this, you may go through the following steps:

If the feature isn’t working, you need to change some settings. Here’s how you may do that:

Well, the Start Button on our taskbar is the gateway to everything on our PCs. Hence, it’s possible to show the desktop viaStart Menu.

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Press Windows Key and D

Pressing theWindows key and Dis an alternative method to hide the running files to access the Desktop. Interestingly, you may use this keyboard shortcut even if the Select taskbar to show the desktop option is disabled.

To get back to your old document, utilize the same keys again. However, if you perform any action after entering Desktop, you won’t be able to get back where you were.

Use Windows Key and Comma

Are you trying to quickly view your Desktop without making any changes to it? Well, this is possible usingWindows and Comma keys.

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Once you press these keyboard/keypad buttons, your desktop is shown at a glance. However, releasing them will toggle back to the previous window.

Therefore, you should use this keyboard shortcut only when trying to see what’s on the Desktop. For example, you may check your Desktop when changing the background to see how it looks.

Press Windows Key and M

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