Using Virtual Desktops in Windows 11
This page will explain how to use virtual desktops, also known as virtual spaces, on a Windows 11 system.
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What are Virtual Desktops?
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Click the Task View button on your taskbar. By default, it is directly to the right of the search bar, and looks like a white square overlayed on a black square.
Alternatively, you can open Task View with the keyboard shortcut (Windows+Tab)
When you have Task View open, you will see every application you have open laid out in a grid, as well as your Virtual Desktops listed horizontally below.
Click the ‘New Desktop’ square containing a plus (“+”) symbol to create a new Virtual Desktop.
Additionally, you can use (Windows+Ctrl+D) to create a new Virtual Desktop.
The Virtual Desktops will be listed in numerical order, “Desktop 1”, “Desktop 2” and so on.
You can create as many Virtual Desktops as you wish, there is no limit.
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You can optionally change the wallpaper for each Virtual Desktop. Whether you do this aesthetically or to help you stay organized is your choice.
Click on your Virtual Desktop of choice in the Task View menu.
After it has opened, right click anywhere on the Desktop as you would to change your actual Desktop wallpaper, and click ‘Personalize’.
You will then be quickly navigated to the Personalization section of your settings. Here you can set a wallpaper or theme as you normally would, except these settings will be unique to that Virtual Desktop.
You can go back to the Task View menu to see how it worked out.
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