Stage Manager organizes your open apps on the left side of the screen, where you can see them at a glance. You can also group apps together and even resize and overlap windows.

PowerShell is another way on Windows 11 to close all your chosen running apps. To use this method, open Windows Search (press ...

macOS Ventura: How Stage Manager works. On the left side of the screen, apps are sorted as thumbnails. When you launch the first app or have only one app open, it’s active on the screen and ...

Open multiple apps and then click the Stage Manager control from the Control Center. Your most recent app appears in the center, while the other apps appear as the smaller thumbnails on the left ...

Search for Task Manager to open the app. Quick note: You can also open Task Manager using the "Ctrl + Shift + Esc" keyboard shortcut. Click the "Run new task" button.

The easiest way to handle which apps open on startup is Task Manager. Here, you'll also be able to check if an app is significantly slowing down how quickly your computer boots up.

Any open apps on the desktop space won't be closed down, so you're not going to lose any work—instead they get shifted over to the primary desktop where you can find them again.