Set up & manage multiple desktops with desks

You can add desks to organize multiple windows and multi-task.

On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key 👁 Image
.
At the top right, select Add new desk 👁 Image
.
- To rename a desk, select the desk's name and enter in your preferred name.

Tips:

To switch to a different desk, swipe with four fingers left or right on your touchpad.
To jump from desk 1–8, press Shift + Search 👁 Image
+ 1–8.

Tip: When the shelf is on the left or right side of screen:

To find the full desk name, hover on the first initial of the desk name.
- Customized desk name shows the first letter of the desk name.
- Default desk name shows “#(desk position)” on the desk name.

On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key 👁 Image
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At the top, select the desk with the windows you want to move.
Drag windows and apps to your preferred desk.
To move windows around, you can:
- Move a window to another desk: At the top of a window, right-click and select Move window to desk.
- Make a window or app available across all desks: At the top of a window, right-click and select Move window to desk 👁 and then
  All desks.

Tip: You can drag desks up or down to reorder them.

In Chrome, right-click the tab.
Select Move tab to another window.
- The menu will display all your windows grouped by desk.
Select where you want to move the tab.

To find your saved desks:

On your Chromebook keyboard, press Show windows 👁 Image
.
At the top right, select Saved for later.
In the "Saved for later" section, choose what you want to do with your saved desks:
- To reopen your saved desk, select a desk.
- To delete your desk, select Delete 👁 Image
  .

On your Chromebook keyboard, press Show windows 👁 Image
.
On the desk that you want to remove, at the top right, select Close desk and windows 👁 Image
.

On your Chromebook keyboard, press Show windows 👁 Image
.
On the desk you want to combine with another desk, at the top right, select Combine with [Desk name] 👁 Image
.

Important:

Depending on your keyboard, you can press the Search key 👁 Image
or the Launcher key 👁 Image
for some shortcuts. Both keys work the same.
These steps only work on US Chromebooks with a standard English QWERTY keyboard. To find keyboard shortcuts for devices with international keyboards, go to Settings 👁 and then
Device 👁 and then
Keyboard 👁 and then
View keyboard shortcuts.

Create a new desk: Press Shift + Search 👁 Image
+ =.
Switch to a desk on left or right: Press Search 👁 Image
+ [ or ] (left or right square bracket).
Switch to a specific desk: Press Shift + Search 👁 Image
+ [desk position number].
Move a window to a different desk: Press Shift + Search 👁 Image
+ [ or ].
Move a window to all desks: Press Shift + Search 👁 Image
+ a.
View and switch between windows: Press Alt + Tab.
- View only windows in your current desk: At the top, select Current desk.
- View windows across all desks: At the top, select All desks.

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