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title: "Desktops"
slug: "desktops"
updated: 2026-10-21T21:06:02Z
published: 2026-10-21T21:06:02Z
canonical: "help.ipv.com/desktops"
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# Desktops

A Curator desktop is a workspace for managing assets. You can set up desktops in whatever way best supports your workflow, and you can open as many as you need. This makes it easy to manage multiple tasks at once, such as:

- Running different searches
- Opening different asset player views
- Working with different assets to create sub-clips
- Viewing or editing different sets of metadata

#### Adding a desktop

Desktops are opened as tabs, and each new desktop appears in its own tab. There are two ways to open a new desktop:

a. Double-click a folder or asset in the asset pane. This opens it in a new desktop so you don’t lose your current search or setup. You can keep searches and asset players open at the same time.

b. Click the new tab icon: ![The New tab (+) button at the top left of Clip Link, with its tooltip](https://cdn.document360.io/c173e68f-0609-4297-9277-0fc5c6b45db7/Images/Documentation/cl%20new%20tab.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T10%3A25%3A11Z&se=2026-10-26T11%3A25%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=zXo10AVwTv5HMijFopkUW64uBVV5bi3kctdXTTESzBA%3D)

![A second desktop open in its own tab, showing an audio asset in the asset viewer](https://cdn.document360.io/c173e68f-0609-4297-9277-0fc5c6b45db7/Images/Documentation/cl%20new%20tab%202.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T10%3A25%3A11Z&se=2026-10-26T11%3A25%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=zXo10AVwTv5HMijFopkUW64uBVV5bi3kctdXTTESzBA%3D)

#### Closing a desktop

Select the x icon on a tab to immediately close that desktop.

#### Changing between desktops

If you have multiple desktops open, simply click on a tab to switch to the corresponding desktop. ![Several desktop tabs open along the top of Clip Link, each with an x icon to close it](https://cdn.document360.io/c173e68f-0609-4297-9277-0fc5c6b45db7/Images/Documentation/cl%20new%20tab%203.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T10%3A25%3A11Z&se=2026-10-26T11%3A25%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=zXo10AVwTv5HMijFopkUW64uBVV5bi3kctdXTTESzBA%3D)