50 Windows Tips in Just 18 Minutes 🖥️
Discover 50 quick Windows 11 tips, shortcuts, and hidden features to boost your productivity and master your OS.

Productive Tech
8.2K views • Dec 30, 2025

About this video
Windows 11. An operating system that most people think they know how to use. But do they really? In this video, I'll uncover the secret shortcuts menus and functionality that most people have no idea about. Even if you've been using Windows for decades I'm sure there will be many tips covered in this video that you had no idea about!
⏲ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and First 3 Tips
0:36 Dragging Options
1:01 Trackpad Settings
1:16 Shake to Show / Hide Windows
1:26 Alt Tab
1:37 Multitasking Shortcuts
2:11 Home and End Keys
2:40 Couple of Quick Windows R Shortcuts
3:08 Hold Shift When Restarting
3:21 Right click the start button
3:39 Slide to Shutdown
3:56 Customising Start and Taskbar
4:10 Quick Setting in the Taskbar
4:20 Show Seconds in the System Tray
4:34 Additional Time zones in the Taskbar
4:53 Taskbar Middle Mouse Button
5:10 File Explorer Shortcuts
6:02 Grouping Controls in the File Explorer
6:12 Excluding folders from search
6:23 Indexing Options
6:44 Secret Applications Folder !!!
7:11 Windows Search Tips
7:52 Housekeeping Tips
8:35 Universal Keyboard Shortcuts
9:00 Windows Split Options
9:15 Special Keyboard Codes via the Numpad
9:31 Notepad Tips
10:05 Calculator Tips
10:35 Snipping tool
11:25 Quick Assist
11:38 Built-in Pomodoro Tool
11:49 Reliability Monitor
12:10 Battery and Energy Reports
12:26 Power Plans for Laptops
12:38 Task Manager Tips
13:08 Command Prompt and Terminal Tips
13:47 Open as Admin Shortcut
14:02 Quick Utilities Round up
14:46 Device Manager Tips
15:01 Character Map
15:18 Finishing Setting up This Device
15:38 GPU Per Application
15:50 Storage Settings Section
16:16 Hide the Recycle Bin
16:32 Recycle Bin Sizes Limit
16:55 Default Apps
17:07 Nearby Sharing
17:25 Wi-Fi Sharing
17:36 Best Apps Roundup
💻 Links:
Battery Percentage Icon - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N3HDTNCF6Z8?hl=en-us&gl=GB&ocid=pdpshare
Twinkle Tray - https://twinkletray.com/
Ear Trumpet - https://eartrumpet.app/
Sound Switch - https://soundswitch.aaflalo.me/
Auto Dark Mode - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp8jk4hzbvf435?hl=en-US&gl=IE
f.lux - https://justgetflux.com/
Everything Search - https://www.voidtools.com/
KeepassXC - https://keepassxc.org/
Keepass - https://keepass.info/
Terracopy - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xpdccppsk2xpqw?hl=en-GB&gl=GB
Nora - https://noramusic.netlify.app/
File Pilot - https://filepilot.tech/
DaVinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
Hardware Info - https://www.hwinfo.com/
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⏲ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and First 3 Tips
0:36 Dragging Options
1:01 Trackpad Settings
1:16 Shake to Show / Hide Windows
1:26 Alt Tab
1:37 Multitasking Shortcuts
2:11 Home and End Keys
2:40 Couple of Quick Windows R Shortcuts
3:08 Hold Shift When Restarting
3:21 Right click the start button
3:39 Slide to Shutdown
3:56 Customising Start and Taskbar
4:10 Quick Setting in the Taskbar
4:20 Show Seconds in the System Tray
4:34 Additional Time zones in the Taskbar
4:53 Taskbar Middle Mouse Button
5:10 File Explorer Shortcuts
6:02 Grouping Controls in the File Explorer
6:12 Excluding folders from search
6:23 Indexing Options
6:44 Secret Applications Folder !!!
7:11 Windows Search Tips
7:52 Housekeeping Tips
8:35 Universal Keyboard Shortcuts
9:00 Windows Split Options
9:15 Special Keyboard Codes via the Numpad
9:31 Notepad Tips
10:05 Calculator Tips
10:35 Snipping tool
11:25 Quick Assist
11:38 Built-in Pomodoro Tool
11:49 Reliability Monitor
12:10 Battery and Energy Reports
12:26 Power Plans for Laptops
12:38 Task Manager Tips
13:08 Command Prompt and Terminal Tips
13:47 Open as Admin Shortcut
14:02 Quick Utilities Round up
14:46 Device Manager Tips
15:01 Character Map
15:18 Finishing Setting up This Device
15:38 GPU Per Application
15:50 Storage Settings Section
16:16 Hide the Recycle Bin
16:32 Recycle Bin Sizes Limit
16:55 Default Apps
17:07 Nearby Sharing
17:25 Wi-Fi Sharing
17:36 Best Apps Roundup
💻 Links:
Battery Percentage Icon - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N3HDTNCF6Z8?hl=en-us&gl=GB&ocid=pdpshare
Twinkle Tray - https://twinkletray.com/
Ear Trumpet - https://eartrumpet.app/
Sound Switch - https://soundswitch.aaflalo.me/
Auto Dark Mode - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp8jk4hzbvf435?hl=en-US&gl=IE
f.lux - https://justgetflux.com/
Everything Search - https://www.voidtools.com/
KeepassXC - https://keepassxc.org/
Keepass - https://keepass.info/
Terracopy - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xpdccppsk2xpqw?hl=en-GB&gl=GB
Nora - https://noramusic.netlify.app/
File Pilot - https://filepilot.tech/
DaVinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
Hardware Info - https://www.hwinfo.com/
---------------------------------
TOOLS I USE
---------------------------------
📷 Stock Footage and Icons:
Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/
Coverr: https://coverr.co/
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Unsplash (Wallpapers): https://unsplash.com/
Reshot: https://www.reshot.com/
UX Wing: https://uxwing.com/
---------------------------------
🎵 Audio Sources:
Youtube Audio Libary
Freesound - https://freesound.org/
---------------------------------
#windows #productivity #computer
Thanks for watching!
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Dec 30, 2025
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