How do I stop emacs dired mode from opening so many buffers?

When I use `dired` mode to browse around and find a file I want to open in Emacs, `dired` opens a new buffer for each directory I visit when looking for the file each time I select a directory with Enter, which means I can end up with a lot of buffers I don't want: ``` . * newer 0 Fundamental c:/work/stackoverflow/batch/mydir/newer % mydir 302 Dired by name c:/work/stackoverflow/batch/mydir/ % batch 616 Dired by name c:/work/stackoverflow/batch/ % stackoverflow 1017 Dired by name c:/work/stackoverflow/ % work 2545 Dired by name c:/work/ * *scratch* 190 Lisp Interaction % *Completions* 162 Completion List * *Messages* 2163 Fundamental ``` Is there any way to make `dired` re-use a single buffer? I tried `M-x customize-group` for group `dired` but didn't see anything promising in there. Alternatively, does anyone have a macro to close all open `dired` buffers?