Shake

Windows 11 includes a fun feature called Shake that lets you literally shake the currently-focused app window to hide (minimize) all other open windows. However, it's disabled by default, so you will need to find and enable it.
Shake debuted in Windows 7 and was originally called Aero Shake.
To enable Shake, open Settings and navigate to System > Multitasking. There, you will see a setting called "Title bar window shake." Toggle this to On and close Settings.

Now, grab any open and floating window by the title bar---you can use your mouse/touchpad or touch if your PC supports it---and shake it left to right. The other open windows will minimize.

You can also shake the same window again to restore the minimized windows.

Fun!

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