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Khairun Nahar Nowrin
Khairun Nahar Nowrin

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Move the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons to the left in Ubuntu

  1. Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T. 
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
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If you want to revert the changes and move the buttons back to the right, you can use the following command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'appmenu:minimize,maximize,close'
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