However, this doesn’t affect the recommendations our writers make. We may earn commissions on purchases made using our links. IGeeksBlog has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. The method didn’t work for apps like Microsoft Word in Yosemite so the implementation seems to be specific to some apps. By default, browsers only ask you when you try to close multiple tabs so even this feature won’t save data. For instance, if you’ve got multiple websites open in different windows of Chrome, closing all windows will lose all the open data. You should remember that this method will close windows, which means all unsaved work will be lost. But in Safari, when you have multiple windows/instances open, you will notice that Close All Windows shows up even without pressing the Alt/Option key. While in Finder, or Chrome the default option is Close and the Close All (or Close All Windows) option shows only when you press Alt/Option. There is one interesting exception to this though. But I realize, of late, that this tip will be helpful for those working their mice a lot (I’m thinking digital artists). Being a keyboard-shortcuts guy, I’ve wondered if this one helps. Click on Close All and all the windows will be quit/closed. You should notice that the Close option changes to Close All.

Now, press the Option/Alt key on your Mac keyboard. With the app/Finder open, click on File from the top menu. Note that this method works for all Finder Windows or multiple instances/windows of other apps (including browsers etc). How to Close all Windows in Mac App with Keystroke+Click If you’re not the three-key-shortcut type, you’ll want to check out how to close all windows of a Mac app (including Finder) with this keystroke + click. But when you do and you want to close them all at once, you have two options. It may not be often that you find your Mac with many open Finder windows or multiple windows of Safari or any other app.

Close all windows at once