However, users can still create “exceptions” to not display secret folders.
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Windows 11 allows setting to hide “confidential” folder search results screenshot HOWTOGEEK |
To do this, readers need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Access the Settings app
To get to the settings application, you can click the Start icon and select Settings, or press the Windows key combination (window) + I.
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Step 1: Open the settings application (Settings) WCCFTECH Screenshot |
Step 2: Go to the search engine settings page
To continue to the search engine settings page from the Settings window, readers click Privacy & Security, then select Searching Windows.
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Step 2: Go to Searching Windows settings page WCCFTECH Screenshot |
Step 3: Proceed to add “exception folder”
In the Searching Windows window, find the Exclude folders from enhanced search section, click Add an excluded folder bên cạnh tiêu đề These folders won’t be included when searching your PC.
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Step 3.1: Click Add an excluded folder to add an “exceptions” folder WCCFTECH Screenshot |
A Select Folder window will appear. In this window, navigate to and select the folder you need to hide, then click Select Folder.
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Step 3.2: Find and select the folder to be hidden in the search results WCCFTECH Screenshot |
And to undo…
In the Searching Windows itself (after completing step 2), the list of folders that have been blocked from being displayed in search will show up as a list in Exclude folders from enhanced search.
To cancel the command to hide results for any folder, readers just need to click on the vertical three dots to the right of that folder and then select Remove.
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Users can view, remove folders from the “exceptions” list WCCFTECH Screenshot |
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