unmaximize

Exit full screen

To unmaximize a window is to restore it from its maximized state—taking it from filling the entire screen back to a smaller, movable size.

The term belongs to graphical user interfaces: Click the button again to unmaximize the window.

The opposite of maximize.

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restore

Return to earlier state

collapse · windowed · tile · snap · cascade · dock · float · arrange · stack · split

Opposites
window state action

unmaximizemaximize

Increase to greatest extent

expand · enlarge · minimize · extend · amplify

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