# How to Invert a Selection in Finder on Mac

Updated: November 12, 2026

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Finder has no “Invert Selection” command. Press Command+A to select all, and Command-click the files that you want to leave out. With [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge), one keyboard shortcut selects all the files that are not selected.

## With Supercharge

1. Open the settings of [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge), and click “Tweaks”.
1. In the “Finder” section, choose a shortcut in “Invert selection”: Control+I, Option+I, or Option+Shift+I.
1. Select some files in Finder, and press the shortcut. Now the other files are selected.

## Without an app

Press Command+A 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.