How can I stop Parallels Desktop from listing Apps from a VM available in Spotlight?

Question

I'm trying to stop Windows apps installed on a VM in Parallels from appearing in Spotlight search results on the host Mac. System details:

• Mac OS: 10.12.6
• Parallels Desktop Business Edition Version: 11.2.3 (32663)
• Windows OS Version (running in Parallels): Windows 10 Pro 1709

I've made sure that in Parallels setting for this VM, the setting Options ➡️ Applications ➡️ Share Windows applications with Mac is set to false:

In addition, as suggested here, I've added ~/Applications (Parallels)/ to the Spotlight privacy blacklist:

Finally, as suggested by @JMY1000, I rebuilt the entire Spotlight index on my Mac, by following these instructions.

And yet still, I can see Windows Apps listed in Spotlight results:

What can I do to remove Windows apps from Spotlight results?

Answer 1

I just figured it out after searching the sources below.

• System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
• Drag your "Applications (Parallels)" folder onto the "Privacy" tab
  • I also added the folder with my Parallels VM (called "Parallels" in screenshot below) just to be sure I wasn't indexing any Parallel's info
• Exiting System Preferences will rebuild the Spotlight index without Parallel's apps

Note: If you have Alfred installed, go to Alfred Preferences > Advanced > Clear Application Cache

Sources

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeGQeTrAcn8

2. http://www.zenandmac.com/2013/06/03/how-to-prevent-parallels-applications-from-appearing-in-alfred-search-results/

3. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Answer 2

This worked for me

Mac OS 10.14.5

Parallels Desktop 14 Business Edition version 14.0.1

You have to select Settings of the VM desired. Select Options -> Applications and Uncheck "Share Windows applications with MAC"

Then click Disable

This method worked for me and now when I search something in Spotlight I don't see any results from my Virtual Machine.