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I have a document (LibreOffice Calc Spreadsheet) which is in my ~/Documents folder. However, I have the same file (older version of it) on a mounted drive.

In the past few weeks I have opened the file from both my ~/Documents folder and from the mounted drive. However, the latest version is the one from ~/Documents.

When I open the Dash and look in the documents lens, of course I will find my file twice there. One from the mounted disk and one from ~/Documents. But I don't know which one is which.

So, my question is: How can I limit the document lens to look for documents only from my /home. Or to exclude mounted disks from the search.

Thanks.

I use Ubuntu 12.04.

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Type Privacy in launcher and head to Files --> Don't record activity in the following folders.

Add any folders you want to exclude from search and you're set to go.

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  • It's a good tip, thx. I think I knew that one once, but I forgot about it. But, it seems it doesn't work. Do I have to log-out/log-in?
    – bioShark
    Sep 20, 2012 at 20:35
  • It doesn't exclude any files retrospectively. You will have to delete your recent history to delete any entries left from the folders you excluded. Sep 20, 2012 at 20:37
  • must be too late that I am not able to figure out such trivial tasks on my own. Thx mate.
    – bioShark
    Sep 20, 2012 at 21:05
  • You're welcome. We all have those moments ;-) Sep 20, 2012 at 21:12
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You can select which folders and file types you want indexed under System Settings>Privacy>Files.

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