Closing multiple app instances/tabs/windows requires a lot of waiting and chasing of close buttons.

When I need to close multiple instances/tabs of an app in the Windows 10 taskbar is there a way to keep the previews from moving or to move uniformly such that I don't have to wait for an animation and then move the cursor to where the next window I want to close has shifted?

Edit:Specifically closing multiple items, but not all.

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You could disable the thumbnail preview altogether with the following registry setting:

• Go to the registry keyHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband
• Create a new 32-bit DWORD value named NumThumbnails and leave it's value set to 0
• Restart or sign out

The resulting behavior change is below:

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If you have multiple windows open, you can go to Task View by clicking the icon next to the search bar. It looks like this;

You will then see a screen with all the open windows.

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From there, you can click the X in the upper right corner of the windows you want to close.

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