How do I turn off Dashboard?

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How do I turn off Dashboard?

I know that for some dashboard is a helpful feature. I just haven't found a use for it though. My question is simple, how do I turn it off?

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, 4 TBT3), iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Nov 27, 2016 10:34 AM

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Answer 1

Ian Leckie

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Nov 28, 2016 10:17 AM in response to Ziriko

Hi Ziriko! To turn off Dashboard just go to System Preferences > Mission Control and you´ll see a pop-up menu on the left hand side giving you 3 options for Dashboard, one of which is “Turn off”.

I apologise for the German OS System screenshot, but everything´s in the same place in the English OS version as far as I know. Hope this helps you! Cheers, Ian

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Ziriko Author

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Nov 28, 2016 10:37 AM in response to Ian Leckie

Dass ist doch ok! Deutsch kann ich auch verstehen 🙂 vielleicht können sie mich erklären wie man ein Screenshot macht? Dankeschön für ihre Hilfe!

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Ian Leckie

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Nov 29, 2016 5:15 AM in response to Ziriko

You´re very welcome, glad to help! (We´ll stick to English if that´s OK...I use the German OS because I live in Germany, but English is my native language although I´m completely fluent in German 😉 ) To take a screenshot read this Apple link:

Aufnehmen eines Bildschirmfotos auf dem Mac - Apple Support

and you could also watch this excellent YouTube film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPolUQeAC-o

Cheers, Ian

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Answer 4

Nov 28, 2016 6:42 AM in response to Ziriko

Assuming the dashboard is popping up when you move your mouse to one of the screen corners:

System preferences -> Desktop& Screen Saver -> Screen Saver -> Hot Corners -> Remove dashboard for all corners

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Ziriko Author

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Nov 28, 2016 6:44 AM in response to Delphi8000

That wasn't quite it. I did take a look but I don't have anything set for the corners. Thank you for showing this feature to me though! It's is actually just open kind of like a full screen application and when I do the three finger swipe to move to the desktop, if I swipe one desktop further, then the dashboard is there. I know I can move the dashboard to the right side of my apps but I'd rather just close it as it was never open before I opened the dashboard app unknowing to what it was.

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