diff --git a/src/ViewContainer.h b/src/ViewContainer.h
--- a/src/ViewContainer.h
+++ b/src/ViewContainer.h
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@
     void setNavigationVisibility(ViewManager::NavigationVisibility navigationVisibility);
     void moveTabToWindow(int index, QWidget *window);
 
-    void maximizeCurrentTerminal();
-    void restoreOtherTerminals();
+    void toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal();
     /* return the widget(int index) casted to TerminalDisplay*
      *
      * The only thing that this class holds are TerminalDisplays, so
diff --git a/src/ViewContainer.cpp b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
--- a/src/ViewContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
@@ -556,14 +556,9 @@
     }
 }
 
-void TabbedViewContainer::maximizeCurrentTerminal()
+void TabbedViewContainer::toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal()
 {
-    activeViewSplitter()->maximizeCurrentTerminal();
-}
-
-void TabbedViewContainer::restoreOtherTerminals()
-{
-    activeViewSplitter()->restoreOtherTerminals();
+    activeViewSplitter()->toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal();
 }
 
 void TabbedViewContainer::moveTabLeft()
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -229,14 +229,7 @@
     action = new QAction(i18nc("@action Shortcut entry", "Maximize current Terminal"), this);
     collection->addAction(QStringLiteral("maximize-current-terminal"), action);
     collection->setDefaultShortcut(action, Qt::CTRL + Qt::SHIFT + Qt::Key_E);
-    connect(action, &QAction::triggered, _viewContainer, &TabbedViewContainer::maximizeCurrentTerminal);
-    _multiSplitterOnlyActions << action;
-    _viewContainer->addAction(action);
-
-    action = new QAction(i18nc("@action Shortcut entry", "Restore other terminals"), this);
-    collection->addAction(QStringLiteral("restore-other-terminals"), action);
-    collection->setDefaultShortcut(action, Qt::CTRL + Qt::SHIFT + Qt::Key_Minus);
-    connect(action, &QAction::triggered, _viewContainer, &TabbedViewContainer::restoreOtherTerminals);
+    connect(action, &QAction::triggered, _viewContainer, &TabbedViewContainer::toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal);
     _multiSplitterOnlyActions << action;
     _viewContainer->addAction(action);
 
@@ -478,7 +471,7 @@
 
     auto *toplevelSplitter = splitter->getToplevelSplitter();
 
-    toplevelSplitter->restoreOtherTerminals();
+    toplevelSplitter->handleMinimizeMaximize(false);
     view->deleteLater();
 
 
diff --git a/src/ViewSplitter.h b/src/ViewSplitter.h
--- a/src/ViewSplitter.h
+++ b/src/ViewSplitter.h
@@ -91,11 +91,7 @@
 
     /** Makes the current TerminalDisplay expanded to 100% of the view
      */
-    void maximizeCurrentTerminal();
-
-    /** Restore the sizes of the terminals.
-     */
-    void restoreOtherTerminals();
+    void toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal();
 
     void handleMinimizeMaximize(bool maximize);
 
@@ -128,6 +124,7 @@
     void childEvent(QChildEvent* event) override;
 private:
     void updateSizes();
+    bool m_terminalMaximized = false;
 };
 }
 #endif //VIEWSPLITTER_H
diff --git a/src/ViewSplitter.cpp b/src/ViewSplitter.cpp
--- a/src/ViewSplitter.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewSplitter.cpp
@@ -186,14 +186,10 @@
     return focusedWidget ? focusedWidget : findChild<TerminalDisplay*>();
 }
 
-void ViewSplitter::maximizeCurrentTerminal()
+void ViewSplitter::toggleMaximizeCurrentTerminal()
 {
-    handleMinimizeMaximize(true);
-}
-
-void ViewSplitter::restoreOtherTerminals()
-{
-    handleMinimizeMaximize(false);
+    m_terminalMaximized = !m_terminalMaximized;
+    handleMinimizeMaximize(m_terminalMaximized);
 }
 
 void ViewSplitter::handleMinimizeMaximize(bool maximize)