Excluding APP e Files in Search Scope in Alfred

[Matteo Starc]

Search Scope Problems here! : S

Alfred 5, Ventura 13.5.2
Hi, i tried with adding app in privacy setting for spotlight, with this guide.

Nothing, Ist still Alfred use Spotlight Metadata?

I tried to remove everything here:

Still continue to show me app in results,

It seems i havent a clear control of search scope, It all seems so simple, but it doesn't work as expected.

Has anyone already solved this problem?

Edited October 26, 2023 by Matteo Starc

[Vero]

@Matteo Starc Welcome to the forum

 

Type "reload" into Alfred after dragging apps to Spotlight Privacy to clear the cache Alfred holds for apps. Has that cleared the apps you don't want to see?

[Matteo Starc]

Thank you Vero!

It works!

I needed to run the "reload" command.
 

I tried both manually adding the "alfred:ignore" tag, which works well for files not in the Applications folder (I can't tag multiple files at once because it asks for a password to make changes in that directory), and the privacy spotlight method.
 

I don't find the workflow convenient; it doesn't allow me to have a good overview of the files I want to exclude.
 

Which approach do you recommend between tagging and using the Spotlight privacy feature?