Bug with Spotlight Search. How to fix/restart? There's a bug with my Spotlight Search. For example, when I search for &quot;script editor&quot;, normally the search result would show the script editor app in Applications, but now it doesn't:

Without restarting the computer, is there a way to simply restart or refresh Spotlight Search?
(I've tried Relaunching Finder multiple times but it doesn't work.)
Finder itself is working fine, other than the fact that Ctrl-F Search will not show any results while being stuck at Searching &quot;foobar&quot;, and &lt;Recents&gt; (in the sidetab) shows a blank page and no results.
- I'm sure this bug can be fixed by restarting the computer, as it has happened several times before in the past.
Have you checked System Preferences &gt; Spotlight, to see whether Applications are included in the results?

Otherwise, you may need to reindex your Spotlight database.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201716
Drag the disk &quot;Macintosh HD&quot; onto the Privacy panel of System Preference &gt; Spotlight, and then click - to remove it from the window.