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Search in finder in a folder blocked on Spotlight

I have a folder that I don't want to show on Spotlight search (command+space), so I added it on the privacy section of Spotlight on system preferences.


But now when I'm in that folder on Finder, I can't search for any file, which defeats the purpose of using Finder to... find a file.


Is there any way to solve this?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Jul 11, 2021 11:50 AM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2021 12:01 PM

The Finder search function uses the Spotlight index to locate files.

So you would need to remove the folder from the Privacy section in Spotlight preferences.

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