Cancel split window in Vim

Question

I have split my windows horizontally. Now how can I return to normal mode, i.e. no split window just one window without cancelling all of my open windows. I have 5 and do not wa

Answer 1

Just like the others said before the way to do this is to press ctrl+w and then o. This will "maximize" the current window, while closing the others. If you'd like to be able to "unmaximize" it, there's a plugin called ZoomWin for that. Otherwise you'd have to recreate the window setup from scratch.