Exclude the /pages document libraries from SharePoint Search (on-prem)

Question

Hi, Does anyone know the best way to exclude the /Pages document libraries (there will be multiple) from the SharePoint search (SP on-prem) Ideally I would like to do something like */Pages to exclude all of them with one exclusion Does anyone know where I do this/ how to do this? Thank You

Answer 1

Hi @Adam Kyriacou

Exclude library:

Please navigate to the Library or List Tab (1)click on Library or List Settings (2). Go to Advanced Settings (3), here you’ll see “Allow items from this document library to appear in search results?” under “Search” (4). Set this to “No”.

Exclude page:

You should create a query rule:

1. Go to Site Settings -> Search Query Rules
2. Select the Result Source that you use, and add New Query Rule

More information:

https://andreaswijayablog.blogspot.com/2015/09/sharepoint-2013-how-to-exclude-specific.html

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