How to Move Windows Between Spaces on Mac

How to move a window to another Space on a Mac by dragging it to the screen edge, using Mission Control, or enabling Mission Control shortcuts.

  1. Switch spaces with the arrow keys. Press Control and the Right Arrow to move one space to the right, Control and the Left Arrow to go back. This moves you, not the window you were looking at. The desktop slides across and the window stays where it was.
  2. Drag the window and keep holding. Press and hold the window by its title bar. While still holding it, press Control and the Right Arrow. The space changes and the window travels with you. Release the pointer to drop it there. This is the closest thing to a one-key move.
  3. Push the window against the edge. Drag the window to the far left or right edge of the screen and hold it there. After a moment the display shifts to the adjacent space and the window comes along with it. Release once the new desktop is showing.
  4. Drag onto a desktop in Mission Control. Press Control and the Up Arrow to open Mission Control. The spaces appear as thumbnails along the top of the screen. Drag the window up onto the desktop you want and release it there. Mission Control closes back onto that space.
  5. Assign the shortcuts you actually want. Open System Settings, then Keyboard, then Keyboard Shortcuts, and select Mission Control. The list holds Move left a space, Move right a space, and a Switch to Desktop entry for each space. Several of them are off until you tick them.

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