Q:

Cancel file dragging on Mac

Is it possible to cancel file dragging on a Mac? I've noticed that with the escape key, you can cancel file dragging within the Finder, but if you're dragging the file onto another application you can't cancel it (which in my opinion seems very annoying when you really just want to cancel the file dragging). Is there any way to cancel the file dragging in such circumstances?

A:

You can drag the file to the menu bar (top bar) and release it. That will cancel the dragging in any app (afaik).

