Ive turned off content for certain apps from showing up in search (e.g. Files app). It doesn’t work. If I search in spotlight from the Home Screen, content often shows up from that app. If I toggle the setting on and off again, reset the phone, force reset the phone… it will often resolve the issue — but only for a short period. The (seemingly new) “Photos from Apps” window in search also surfaces images from apps I’ve explicitly excluded from search, having turned both the app and its contents off from search results. I’ve also tried turning all related Siri settings off for said app(s).
What’s the point of this setting if it doesn’t work? I get that spotlight is indexing everything in the background, but turning off search for an app in settings should explicitly and persistently remove its content from search.
ive seen iterations of this complaint surface on Reddit and Apple forums for years and it seems to never get addressed.