Unity hotkey for minimizing current window?

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What are the hotkeys for switching the current window between maximized, normal, and minimized states? If some of these don't exist, can I set them somewhere?

..for more shortcuts: [What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/what-are-unitys-keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts) — rusty, Jan 27 '14 at 07:18

score 58 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 29 '14 at 08:22

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In Ubuntu 12.04 Unity the shortcuts can be found in:

System Settings | Hardware | Keyboard | Shortcuts | Windows.

In a default installation the keys are the following:

Maximize: Ctrl+Super+↑
Restore: Ctrl+Super+↓
Minimize: Ctrl+Alt+0 (the keypad 0)

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answered May 31 '12 at 15:33

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Minimize doesn't work for me either with the "0" key on the top of the keyboard. It does work with the "0" key from the keypad, however. – John S Gruber Aug 12 '12 at 18:48
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`It does work with the "0" key from the keypad, however.` Even when the Numlock is off. Quite wierd.. – saji89 Nov 30 '12 at 05:52
I opened CCSM and found that Minimize is associated per default to KP0. not very useful on a laptop... luckily CCSM is meant for customizing this and more. – mariotomo Jun 27 '13 at 13:25
still worksish for 13.04. sub `restore` for `minimize` – Jul 25 '13 at 03:04
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Still applies to 14.04. – igordcard Apr 29 '15 at 10:36
Still applies to 15.10. – starbeamrainbowlabs Mar 30 '16 at 10:11
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`super + H` works on 18.04 – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '18 at 03:11

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 11 '13 at 13:18

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To minimise Alt+Space,N
To maximise Alt+Space,X

Depending on your internationalization settings the key to press after Alt+Space will be different (e.g. U to minimize with french settings).

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This will minimize only current window. Is there anything to minimize all at once/ – CR2 Mar 03 '14 at 09:08
^ Super+D is what you are looking for.. – Asim Aug 04 '16 at 20:56

Arya Sadeghi · Answer 3 · 2018-03-14T11:05:44.620

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try Super + H in ubuntu to minimize the current window

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answered Mar 12 '18 at 17:56

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Officially this is a "Hide" shortcut, there is no "minimize" in Unity anymore. – rustyx May 23 '21 at 18:34
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this works on 20.04 – Scott Stensland Feb 16 '22 at 17:10

score 13 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 19 '13 at 16:34

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To minimize, it is not Ctrl+Super+0 but Ctrl+Alt+0.

It works on 12.04. Remember: Ctrl+Alt+0.

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For me, control + super + D is minimizing showing the desktop. Again using it, restores the windows. – CR2 Mar 03 '14 at 08:31
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Is there too a hotkey to restore the window? – tokam May 24 '15 at 18:40

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 30 '12 at 07:04

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For Ubuntu 11.10 and earlier:

Alt+ F10 : Maximize the current window. If the window is already maximized, unmaximize it(normal).

Alt+ F9 : Minimize the current window.

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This seems to stop working anymore. – Christian Vielma Aug 07 '12 at 19:42
bagustrix's answer is the right one below. – galath May 28 '13 at 12:06

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 07 '11 at 23:08

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If the defaults don't suit you, you can set new shortcuts by opening the Dash and searching for the app "Keyboard Shortcuts."

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Ammar Bozorgvar · Answer 7 · 2014-01-27T06:07:46.430

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For Ubuntu 12 Unity:

Maximize: Ctrl+Super+↑

Restore: Ctrl+Super+↓

Minimize: Ctrl+Alt+0

Bottom-Left Corner: Ctrl+Alt+1

Bottom: Ctrl+Alt+2

Bottom-Right Corner: Ctrl+Alt+3

Maximize or Center: Ctrl+Alt+5

Top-Left Corner: Ctrl+Alt+7

Top: Ctrl+Alt+8

Top-Right Corner: Ctrl+Alt+9

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GSM-S · Answer 8 · 2016-01-22T05:08:03.413

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On Ubuntu you can find your shortcuts in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts. As well, you can show some shortcuts by holding the Super (Start) key.

In Ubuntu 15.10, it works with ctrl + alt + 0 (on the numberpad).

However, I prefer to use ctrl + super + arrow down key.

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Random42 · Answer 9 · 2015-07-16T03:13:19.643

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Strangely enough, in my Ubuntu 14.04 using KDE it's Alt + Middle Mouse Button.

Found in: Start->Computer->System settings->Window actions->Window behaviour

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answered Jul 14 '15 at 15:23

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Sep 27 '12 at 12:32

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Fixed the minimize shortcut by changing the shortcut to Alt+M and now it works perfectly fine for me.

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How did you change the shortcut? Could you add that to your answer please? – John S Gruber Aug 12 '12 at 18:48

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