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hello today's videos going to be talking about how to exclude files, folders,
applications, anything you want from spotlight search results
i have this folder
and show you how to hide it from spotlight search results
now has a variety of reasons why you may want to do this
actually hiding it is very simple. There is two methods to actually hide them.
i have a search here for this folder, to highlight what happens
when you exclude a file from searching
the first step is to open system preferences within your applications
folder
when it opens up select the spotlight
preference pane
and select the privacy tab
now to hide a folder you can drag it
into this little window, the same way for adding files and applications
you will notice that the spotlight search has disappeared
from Finder
if you want to get rid of the file so you can search for it again
you can press the minus button at the bottom of the window
just like that the search will appear
this is also the same for the spotlight search within your menu bar
you can also hide files and folders a different way
you can select this folder here and add .noindex
you'll notice that the file has disappeared from the Finder spotlight
search
adding .noindex is an old way of hiding things
but it works quite well
to get it back you simply remove the .noindex
the file has reappeared
now sometimes you pop in old new users from old Mac's
the .noindex can actually appear on the user folder itself
if you see it an want to get is searched you can do it this way
you mac has a lot of built in preferences to help you
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