What is ⌘ Cmd + W keyboard shortcut for?

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General (10)

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Quit

elementary OS - Window overview

Google Chrome (macOS) - Close the current tab or pop-up

Apple macOS - Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command + Option + W.

Firefox for iOS - Close tab

Apple iBooks - Close a window

Microsoft Edge (macOS) - Close the current tab

Microsoft Edge (macOS) - Close the current tab

Firefox (macOS) - Close Tab (except for Pinned Tabs)

Binance 1.9.1 (macOS app) - Close tab

Text editing (2)

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Close Help window

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Close

Imaging (18)

Xcode - Close Window

Xcode - Close the active window (equivalent to the Close command)

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Close the document window

Adobe XD (Mac) - Close

Pixelmator Pro - Close window

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Close

Corel Painter (Mac) - Close

Shotcut (Mac) - Close

Substance Painter (Mac) - Close project

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Show reference wipe

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xScope - Close

OmniGraffle 7 - Close

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Auto render write

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Close

InVision (macOS) - Close Window

PureRef (macOS) - Lock Window

PixInsight (macOS) - Fit View

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (macOS) - Close

System tools (7)

Parsec - Quit the Mac application

VMware Fusion - Alt + F4

VMware Fusion - Close

Parallels Desktop - Close window

Transmit - Close tab

WireShark 3.4.3 (macOS) - Close this capture file

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) - Close tab

Developer tools (15)

Visual Studio Code (Mac) - Close window/instance

Visual Studio Code (Mac) - Close editor

Visual Studio Code (Mac) - Close

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Close file

IntelliJ IDEA (macOS) - Close active editor tab

RStudio (Mac) - Close active document (except on Chrome)

Coda for iOS - Close tab

JetBrains WebStorm (macOS) - Close active editor tab

Reserved Mac - Close the active window.

Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Close (Connection File)

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Arduino IDE - Close

TablePlus - Close a tab/window

Atom (macOS) - Close tab

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (macOS) - Close Window

GoLand 2022.3 (macOS) - Close active tab

Web applications (1)

Pocket for Mac - Close Window

File manager (2)

Apple Finder - Close window

Adobe Bridge CC (Mac) - Close window

Media player (5)

iTunes 11 for Mac - Close the iTunes window

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Close window

QLab 4 - Close

EyeTV - Close Window

Spotify (macOS) - Close window

Social & Messaging (11)

Apple Messages - Close the Messages window

Cisco Webex - Close a shared file or whiteboard

Cisco Jabber (Mac) - Close chat window

Twitterrific 6 - Close popup or window

Zoom (Mac) - Prompt to End or Leave Meeting

Zoom (Mac) - Close the current window

Zoom (iOS) - Close the front window (such as the participants or meeting settings window)

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Close window: Notes, activity, closed captioning, and calculator

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Close activity window

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Close notes window

Security (2)

1Password (Mac) - Close the current window.

1Password (iOS) - Close the current tab

Productivity (29)

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Close

Luna (DAW) - Close Floating Window

Luna (DAW) - Close

iPad Smart Keyboard - Close current tab

iPad Smart Keyboard - Close current tab

iPad Smart Keyboard - Close current tab

iPad Smart Keyboard - Close window

Browser tab management - Close tab

Superhuman (macOS) - Close tab

Apple GarageBand - Close the current window or project

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Apple Pages - Close a window

Kindle for Mac - File: Close book

QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - File > Close Window

Tableau (Mac) - Close the current workbook

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Close

Things (Mac) - Close current window

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Close

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Close the project

Dorico (macOS) - Close tab

Miro (macOS) - Close the tab

iPadOS 13 - Close tab

OnSite - Close window

Xmind - Close Workbook

Logic Pro 10.6 - Close window

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Close

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Close the current tab

Fission (Audio Editor) - Close

Premiere Rush (macOS) - Close Project

Superhuman v7 (2022) - Close tab

Scientific (5)

GeoGebra - Quit GeoGebra

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Close the active worksheet / graph / matrix window

JMP 15 (macOS) - Close active window

JMP 15 (macOS) - Close the currently selected tab

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Close

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