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Windows 8: close All Windows at the same time

  • Nov 05, 2025
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If you are working in Windows 8, often with many Windows, you can close them all before you go, for example, shut down the Computer. How this works by using a key combination, and with a useful Tool, we will show you in this post.

Windows 8: window minimize only

You want to minimize all of the Windows only and closed completely, is the fastest by pressing a combination of:
  • To do this, press the [Windows] key and [d].
  • By pressing the key combination again, the window.
Minimize all Tabs: Windows + d

Windows 8 and 8.1: All of the Explorer window by keyboard shortcut close

With a familiar key combination, you can also close all the window in Windows 8 and 8.1 entirely.
  • To do this, press [Alt] and [F4].
  • The key combination, hold as long as pressed until all Windows are closed.

All of the Windows in Windows 8 using the task bar to close

  1. You hover with the mouse pointer in the taskbar on one of the open programs (see image).
  2. As soon as you select it with a left click, a contextual menu will appear.
  3. Here, select "close All Windows". All the window of this program or the Explorer will now be closed.
Window on task bar, close

Windows and processes under Windows 8 with the exit program

In addition, there is a useful program that you can lose a lot of work. It terminates the selected processes automatically and saves you from this the manual Closing of the window.
  1. The program "CloseAll" can you find in the CHIP download portal.
  2. After the Installation you can run the program directly.
  3. You put a hook in the Windows/programs you want to close.
  4. As soon as you click on "OK", it will send a Quit command and closed the window.
"CloseAll" to close all Windows
Even sweeter, you can your System create by own tiles for Windows 8 to create. We will help you.

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