The keyboard combination "CTRL W" or "CTRL+W" means pushing both the CTRL key and the W key at the same time. For Microsoft Windows programs such as Excel, pushing CTRL and W simultaneously closes the focused window. This means that whatever window the user is operating is closed.
For older versions of Android (before 6.0), in Settings > Developer options > Process statistics you can tap on an active app and choose Force stop. In any version of Android, you can also go to Settings > Apps or Settings > Applications > Application manager, and tap on an app and tap Force stop.
Close all open programs
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then Alt-T to open Task Manager's Applications tab. Press the down arrow, and then Shift-down arrow to select all the programs listed in the window. When they're all selected, press Alt-E, then Alt-F, and finally x to close Task Manager.Press "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" once to open the Windows Task Manager. Pressing it twice restarts your computer. Remove programs that you are no longer using by highlighting the program with your cursor and selecting "End Task." Click "Yes" or "OK" when the prompt asks you to confirm your selection.
The easiest and fastest way you can try to force kill a program without Task Manager on Windows computer is to use Alt + F4 keyboard shortcut. You can click the program you want to close, press Alt + F4 key on the keyboard at the same time and don't release them until the application is closed.
In computing, close generally means to finish work on a data file and save it. In graphical user interfaces, to close a window means to exit an application or file, thereby removing the window from the screen.
Close Tabs and Windows
To quickly close the current application, press Alt+F4. This works on the desktop and even in new Windows 8-style applications. To quickly close the current browser tab or document, press Ctrl+W.The basics
- Ctrl + A: Select all items in a window.
- Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy selected or highlighted item (e.g. text, images and so on).
- Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste selected or highlighted item.
- Ctrl + X: Cut selected or highlighted item.
- Ctrl + Z: Undo previous action.
- Ctrl + Y: Redo action.
In programs such as Microsoft Word, when you press the Enter key, it may move to the next paragraph instead of the next line. In these programs to go to the next line press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Enter instead of only Enter.
Press the Win + D keys. Click/tap on the Show desktop button. Right click or press and hold on the Show desktop button, and click/tap on Show desktop.
General Program Shortcuts
- Ctrl+N: Create a new document.
- Ctrl+O: Open an existing document.
- Ctrl+S: Save a document.
- F12: Open the Save As dialog box.
- Ctrl+W: Close a document.
- Ctrl+Z: Undo an action.
- Ctrl+Y: Redo an action.
- Alt+Ctrl+S: Split a window or remove the split view.
Closing a window
Press the Ctrl and F4 keys on the keyboard at the same time to close the current open program or window. Users may also press the Alt and spacebar keys at the same time, then arrow down to the Close or Exit option in the menu and press Enter.There are also some keyboard shortcuts for quickly managing virtual desktops.
- Windows+Ctrl+D: Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it.
- Windows+Ctrl+F4: Close the current virtual desktop.
- Windows+Ctrl+Left/Right: Switch to the virtual desktop on the left or right.
Alt+F4. Alt+F4 is a shortcut key most often used to close the current active window. For example, if you pressed the shortcut key now while reading this page on your computer browser, it would close the browser window and all open tabs.
Search for Device Manager in Windows Search and open it. Double-click on Keyboards and you should find your keyboard device. Once done, reboot your computer and recheck the Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut. If updating the drivers fail to work, you may try to reinstall them after uninstalling them.
Pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL prevents an application from spoofing the login screen and stealing your password. So if you see something that looks like a login screen you could press CTRL-ALT-DEL to make sure. Corporations would ask employees to not enter their password unless they have pressed CTRL-ALT-DEL first.
The only way to safely close the popup window is then to close the browser entirely by Ctrl-Alt-Del then clicking the Applications tab of Windows Task Manager.
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 – Close the current tab.
In some situations, you may need to right-click on an icon, text, or other Windows element. To do this without a mouse, select the icon or move the cursor to the text you need to right-click. Then, press and hold the Shift and F10 keys at the same time.
To minimize current window - hold Windows Key and press down arrow key. To maximize the same window (if you did not move on to any other window) - hold Windows Key and press up arrow key. Another way is to invoke the control box menu by pressing Alt+Space Bar and then press “n” for minimize or “x” for maximize.
Closing a window
- Press the Ctrl and F4 keys on the keyboard at the same time to close the current open program or window.
- Users may also press the Alt and spacebar keys at the same time, then arrow down to the Close or Exit option in the menu and press Enter.
