How to close all Finder windows at once on Mac

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If you have a lot of Finder windows open on your Mac and you want to close them all quickly without having to close each one individually, there is a quick way to do it in Finder. That's how.

Let's say you have too many windows open at the same time in Finder. Possibly, selected a group of files and did a “Get information” about them, and now, dozens of windows have all appeared at the same time. (It happens to the best of us).

A Mac desktop with too many Finder windows "Get information" open.

To get rid of them all quickly, press Option + Command + W on your keyboard. Alternatively, you can hold down the Option key and choose “File”> ​​”Close all” in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

In the finder, click on "File" in the menu bar while holding down the option to see the option "Close all".

Thereafter, all open Finder windows will disappear, lickety-split.

If at any time you are invaded by Finder windows again, get away from them with a quick Option + Command + W and will be back to work in no time. Good luck!

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