Spotlight settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Spotlight settings to change the categories that appear in Spotlight search results.
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Browse through the options below for details about customising your settings.
To open these settings, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
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Spotlight settings
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Search results | Select the categories that Spotlight includes or excludes when it searches. See Choose suggestion categories for Spotlight. By default, Spotlight results include Siri Suggestions. | ||||||||||
Improve Search | Allow Apple to store certain information to improve search results. See the Apple Privacy website. | ||||||||||
Search Privacy | Exclude specific files and folders from Spotlight searches. See Prevent Spotlight searches in files. | ||||||||||
About Siri Suggestions, Search & Privacy (available when you click Search Privacy) | Learn how Siri and Spotlight searches may send certain data to Apple to process and help respond to your requests and how you can control what data is stored. | ||||||||||