Hierarchies design of porosity in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has gained significant interest in recent years, and customization of mesoporous sizes in MOFs is still quite challenging. Herein, a template-free method by nucleation-competition has been developed to realize a near-linear control of the mesopore sizes (3-13 nm) in the hierarchical MOF UiO-66(Hf ). High selectivity of enzyme adsorption, high activity of bulky-molecular catalysis, high stability of mesostructure, and extension to other MOFs further prove the success in the potential customization synthesis and applications.