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Close windows: <C-w>c, <C-w>o

Close the window you are in, close one from afar, or keep only one.

?how it works

Closing a window only removes the view. The buffer and your edits stay in memory, so nothing is lost: :sp, :e or :b bring it back.

<C-w>c (:close) closes the current window. The neighbour that takes over the space (the next window below or to the right, or the one before if you closed the last) also gets the cursor. <C-w>q (:q) does the same, except in the very last window: there :q quits Neovim, while <C-w>c refuses.

To close a window without going there, type its number first: 3<C-w>c closes window 3 and leaves your cursor where it is.

<C-w>o (:only) is the opposite: keep the current window and close all the others. It is the quickest way back to a clean screen. With a count, 2<C-w>o keeps window 2 instead.

⌨keys

`<C-w>c`	close the current window (also :close)
`<C-w>q`	quit the window; in the last window this quits Neovim (also :q)
`{N}<C-w>c`	close window N, stay where you are
`<C-w>o`	close all other windows (also :only)
`{N}<C-w>o`	keep only window N

Nin neovim

Neovim turns on 'hidden' by default. When the last window on a buffer with unsaved changes closes, the buffer is simply hidden (your changes stay), so :close and :only never stop to ask. In Vim without 'hidden', :only leaves windows with unsaved changes open unless you add !.

3 drills

Close this window: <C-w>c: Close the window you are in, and notice where the cursor lands.
Close from afar: {N}<C-w>c: Close the window named in the goal without going there: put its number before <C-w>c. Your cursor stays where it is.
Keep just one: <C-w>o: Make the window named in the goal the only window left.

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