turn off spotlight web search

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turn off spotlight web search

The most aggravating thing is how Apple has just been consistently sliding downhill. Why can you not DISABLE WEB SEARCHES FROM YOUR SPOTLIGHT SEARCH? I've tried many ways many times and I'm consistently met with the same result: no satisfaction. It's as if there are a group of people, and they sat at a round table, and one went, "let's let them search in Safari from their Spotlight shortcut", and the rest didn't object, and now we all have to suffer with the abomination of having that product designer think they made a beneficial decision.

LET ME REMOVE IT FROM THE SPOTLIGHT SEARCH. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO TO TWIST THIS OS, JUST GIVE THE POWER TO UNTWIST IT TO THE USERS BEFORE WE GET USED TO THIS INCREASING MEDIOCRITY.

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Jan 28, 2023 9:05 PM

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Omar_A1

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Jan 30, 2023 4:02 PM in response to Bryan870

Hello Bryan870,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.

These steps can guide you:

"Turn off Siri Suggestions for Spotlight on Mac

When you turn off Siri Suggestions, Spotlight searches only the contents of your Mac; it no longer searches the web. You can also turn off Location Services for Spotlight.

Turn off Siri Suggestions

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Siri & Spotlight in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Go to “Search results” on the right, and in the list, deselect the Siri Suggestions checkbox.

Spotlight searches only the contents of your Mac. Look up searches only the dictionaries enabled on your Mac."

More details can be found here: Turn off Siri Suggestions for Spotlight on Mac

Your an also leave feedback for Apple directly by going to Product Feedback

Cheers!

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