Suggestion: Allow certain shared apps from Windows to be disabled from appearing in Spotlight

Discussion in 'Product updates and feedback' started by Carlosd10, Mar 12, 2026.

  1. Carlosd10

    Carlosd10

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    I like to use coherence mode, for which I have to enable sharing Windows apps with MacOS, but my spotlight gets cluttered with certain windows apps. Sometimes I search for an app and accidentally end up opening a Windows app, which means I have to wait for the VM to start up, close the app, and close the VM.

    On the other hand, as I said, I like to use coherence mode, and it is indeed nice to be able to open certain Windows apps from spotlight as if they were MacOS apps, but maybe I don't wanna open specific Windows apps that are useless 99% of the time, especially if they have MacOS analogues, like the Xbox Game Bar, Copilot, the Windows Calendar, System Configuration (msconfig), Windows' sound recorder, etc....

    It would be nice to have a way to disable/enable apps that I want or dont want to use. And the others are shared as well for coherence purposes but don't appear in spotlight. If I want to open them, I go to the Windows start menu.
     
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  2. AndrewB68

    AndrewB68 Bit poster

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    I would love to see this. I don't need a million stupid windows apps showing up in spotlight, and sometimes it's hard to tell where an app will actually open. I have some apps that need to be installed on both the VM and native, and those are especially annoying.
     
  3. LiamC6

    LiamC6

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    This is a really practical suggestion. Coherence mode is great, but Spotlight integration definitely needs more control--being able to exclude specific Windows apps (like Copilot or system tools) would prevent accidental launches and unnecessary VM load while still keeping the useful apps accessible.

    Also, for anyone working with productivity tools alongside Windows apps, having a cleaner separation would really improve workflow efficiency--similar to how tools like stipendio calcolatore focus only on relevant outputs without clutter.
     

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