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How to Shut Down or Minimize Full Screen Metro Apps in Windows 8

Published by SuperCheats Staff on Oct 18th 2013

Metro apps in Windows 8 are not meant to be shutdown, because its designed like apps on a phone or tablet. so you won't find an exit command or a close button, like you're used to.

There are some ways to shutdown Metro Apps.

Use the Keyboard to Close a Metro App
The quickest and easiest way to shut down a Metro app is to press Alt + F4. This terminates the currently running app immediately.

Use the Mouse to Close a Metro App
To shut down the currently running Metro app using the mouse, click and hold on the top edge of the app, or the screen, and drag down to the bottom edge of the screen. The app becomes a smaller window and is dragged off the bottom of the screen.

Use the Task Manager to Close a Metro App
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to bring up the Task Manager. Find the app, select it, and click End Task.

Minimize a Metro App
If you want a Metro app to minimize and you dont want to close it. One way is to move the mouse to the extreme, lower, left corner of the screen to show the mini Start screen button and click it.The app will still run in the background.

Another way is to press Windows key + D or Alt + Shift + Esc to go back to the desktop.

Close a Minimized Metro App
Use your mouse to close a minimized Metro app running in the background. Move your mouse to the extreme, upper, left corner of the screen until you see a thumbnail of your running app. Right-click on the thumbnail and click Close.