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How to Invert a Selection in Finder on Mac

With Supercharge

  1. Open the settings of Supercharge, and click “Tweaks”.
  2. In the “Finder” section, choose a shortcut in “Invert selection”: ControlI, OptionI, or OptionShiftI.
  3. Select some files in Finder, and press the shortcut. Now the other files are selected.

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Platform
macOS
Requires
macOS 26.4 or later
Released
September 2024
Updated
September 2026
Version
1.30.1
Size
16 MB
Gumroad rating
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Without an app

Press CommandA to select all the files in the folder, and then Command-click each file that you want to deselect.

This is good for a few files, but slow when you want to leave out many. Supercharge does it with one shortcut.