Guides: hide and lock windows on Mac and Windows | Hushwinhttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/feed.xml2026-11-07T00:00:00ZHushwinhttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/assets/icon-128.png How to hide a window on Mac with a keyboard shortcuthttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/mac-hide-window-shortcut/2026-10-23T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00ZPress ⌘M to minimize the front window or ⌘H to hide the whole app. To hide one specific window — even while you're in another app — and bring it back with the same keys, use Hushwin: ⌃⌘W hides the window you're looking at, and holding it for a second reopens the window in place. How to lock an app window with Touch ID on Machttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/mac-lock-window-touch-id/2026-10-23T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00ZmacOS locks the whole screen (⌃⌘Q), not individual windows. With Hushwin, make the window a hidden window with ⌃⌘S and turn on its lock in Settings. It then opens only after a long press plus Touch ID or your password, and it's kept out of the Dock (moved off-screen instead), so there's nothing to click there. How to hide private windows before screen sharinghttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/hide-windows-before-screen-sharing/2026-10-23T00:00:00Z2026-11-07T00:00:00ZIn online meetings, share a single window instead of the whole screen when the app lets you. For projectors and full-screen sharing, Hushwin hides all your private windows with one shortcut — ⌃⌘E on Mac, Ctrl+Win+E on Windows — or automatically when an external display is plugged in or unplugged, the screen locks, or screen sharing seems to start. How to hide a window on Windows with a keyboard shortcuthttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/windows-hide-window-shortcut/2026-10-23T00:00:00Z2026-10-26T00:00:00ZWindows has Win+D (show desktop) and Win+↓ (minimize), but they act on the front window or on everything, and anyone can click windows back from the taskbar. Hushwin adds a boss key for chosen windows: Ctrl+Win+W hides the current window completely — gone from the taskbar and Alt+Tab — and a long press brings it back. Locked windows need Windows Hello. How to lock an app on Windowshttps://hushwin.hhcompany.app/guides/windows-lock-app/2026-10-26T00:00:00Z2026-10-26T00:00:00ZWindows has no setting that puts a password on a single app. Its built-in options lock the whole PC (Win+L) or stop an app from starting (Family Safety for a child's account, AppLocker for admins). To lock an app's open windows behind Windows Hello, use Hushwin — press Ctrl+Win+S on the window and turn on its lock in Settings. It then opens only after a long press plus Windows Hello or your Hushwin password.