How to Create and Switch Workspaces in Linux Mint

Workspaces are a nice, uncluttered way to organize your work.

Suppose you have too many applications open. Your taskbar becomes cluttered and you may find it difficult to find/switch between different programs.

Workspaces come in handy in this situation. You can group applications into different workspaces. So let’s say you have many programming related applications open. And you are also working on the documentation.

You can organize them in separate workspaces. Click and drag an application window and it should show the option to move the application to another workspace.

This makes your work easier in a more organized way, saving time and frustration.

Sounds good? Let me show you how to create and switch between workspaces in Linux Mint using Cinnamon.

Create new workspaces

Creating or accessing a workspace in Linux Mint is easy. Just press CTRL + ALT+ UP. It will show you a screen like the one below.

Just click the + sign on the right side to add a workspace other than the default workspace 4.

The workspaces in Linux Mint are persistent. Once created, these workspaces are always there, even after the next start.

Switch between workspaces

There are two ways to access and switch between workspaces.

• Use Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow and bring all workspaces and then move between them using the arrow key or the mouse itself.
• Use the hot corner and move the mouse to the top left corner.

By default, the Hot Corner feature is disabled in the latest versions of Linux Mint.

To allow Hot Corner to switch between workspaces, you should go to System Preferences and select hot corners Possibility.

Now activate the upper left corner by toggling the button. By default, this corner is designed to show all workspaces (you can change this as well).

You can now access the workspace grid by hovering over the top left corner.

If you want, you can also add new workspaces by pressing + icon on the right. Or rename existing workspaces as needed by clicking on the name.

Delete a workspace

You can actually create multiple workspaces by clicking the + sign. If you want to delete a workspace, click X Characters in the upper-right corner of a workspace while hovering over them.

I hope this short post helped you create a workspace in Linux Mint. Do you use workspaces often? Let us know what you think about workspaces. Meanwhile, you can also read a post about things to do after installing Linux Mint 20.