macOS Finder – How to Restart Navigation After Typing Wrong Letter

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The finder jumps to file starting which the letter I typed. I typed Z, now I want to see files start with Y. If I type Y it will search for ZY but I want to start from the beginning.

How does the system reset search?

Best Answer

As nohillside said, you can just wait a couple seconds for the buffer to reset, but you can also hit escape to clear it.