What does Collapse Mean in Windows?

What is Collapse?

Collapse is a term used to describe the process of hiding something or reducing its size, so it's not visible. For example, when you expand a folder, it shows the folder's contents. To hide the open folder's contents, you'd collapse the folder. Tip. When hiding a window, you are collapsing a window.

What is Collapse in File Explorer?

) To compress a view of a hierarchy so that only the roots of each branch are visible. The opposite of collapse is expand, which makes the entire branch visible.

Is Expand and Collapse the Same?

As verbs the difference between expand and collapse
is that expand is (label) to change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one while collapse is to fall down suddenly; to cave in.

How do I Get Rid of Windows 10 Collapse?

Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder where you wish to disable file grouping.
Rightclick anywhere in the folder.
Select Group by > None.

How do you Collapse a Folder on a PC?

Click the + plus symbol in the folder tree to expand a folder. You can also doubleclick a parent folder in the left or right pane to expand it.
Click the minus symbol in the folder tree to collapse a folder.