You can remove specific items or deleted items from your Google Desktop search results.
Remove specific search results
To remove specfic results from your Desktop search results page, follow these steps:
- Click the Remove from Index link near the top right of your Desktop search results page.
- Select the checkboxes for the items you'd like to remove.
- Click the Remove button. This will remove these items and return you to your results.
If you remove an item from your results, it won't appear in your results again, even if you revisit the item.
Remove deleted search results
You can often see items you deleted after installing Desktop because Desktop stores cached copies (snapshots) of your email, files, and other items each time you view them on your computer's hard drive. If you have the latest version of Desktop installed, and you don't want to see your deleted files in your search results, follow these steps:
- Click the Desktop icon in your system tray
. - Select Options.
- Deselect the 'Remove deleted files from search results' checkbox.
- Click Save Preferences.
.If you see an error message when you click a search result, it's most likely a deleted item. You can try accessing the cached copy instead by clicking the cached link beneath the result.