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

Solution 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

Solution 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.