I tried multiple ways to reindex spotlight, nothing works.

Hi,

Just follow the instructions from the support article you posted from ...

1. Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Spotlight.
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. Drag the folder or disk that you want to index again to the list of locations that Spotlight is prevented from searching. Or click the Add ➕ button and select the folder or disk to add.
   To add an item to the Privacy tab, you must have ownership permissions for that item. To learn about permissions, choose Help from the Finder menu bar, then search for “permissions.”
4. From the same list of locations, select the folder or disk that you just added. Then click the Remove (–) button to remove it from the list.
5. Quit System Preferences. Spotlight will reindex the contents of the folder or disk.

How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

Ok .. then it might be a good idea to check the hard drive in case it needs repairing.

Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys.

From there you should be able to access the built in utilities to verify and repair the disk if necessary using macOS Recovery.

Thanks for the tip... but it didn't work either.

I finally did a total clean install (from a bootable usb key) and then a full restore of my last time machine bakcup.

It took 24 hours (a little bit more actually...) but Spotligh is working again...

Spotlight not working see post by Linc Davis and other suggestions.

Just so you aware when you start multiple discussions for the same topic it makes it much harder to assist you ..

GrandTerr

None of the previous fixes worked for me...

Reinstalling OSX and restore a time machine backup will take days (literally...) and is not what i call a "fix" when you use your MacbookPro for work...