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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeGQeTrAcn8
http://www.zenandmac.com/2013/06/03/how-to-prevent-parallels-applications-from-appearing-in-alfred-search-results/
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716