Finder window reappears if still open I am sure this question was asked somewhere but just could not figure out precisely how to describe the behaviour so as to find the answer. I have multiple windows open on the screen. The one in the foreground is a Finder window, then some other stuff and then another Finder window in the background. If I close the Finder window in the foreground then the one in the background appears. How can I prevent this behavior?
I know of no way to do this if the Finder is the frontmost app at the start of your sequence. It's fairly standard practice that if you close the frontmost window in any app, the next behind it will come to focus.

However, if Finder is not the frontmost app, then  Cmd ⌘ -clicking the red dot will close the window without bringing the Finder to the front.

There are a few  Cmd ⌘  + action functions that will operate on a window without bringing it to the front - you can drag window edges to resize, minimise, close, etc.

You can kind of 'fake' what you want if you click on the Desktop first, then when you close your first window, the Desktop itself will be 'frontmost'... yet of course will not actually move.