diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index d5f882d5c..15ffa19c4 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             {
                 results.UnionWith(await WindowsIndexFilesAndFoldersSearchAsync(query, querySearch, token).ConfigureAwait(false));
 
-                return results.ToList();
+                return FilterOutResultsFromWindowsIndexExclusionList(results).ToList();
             }
 
             var locationPath = querySearch;
@@ -159,6 +159,29 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
                                                    token).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
+        private HashSet<Result> FilterOutResultsFromWindowsIndexExclusionList(HashSet<Result> results)
+        {
+            var indexExclusionList = settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths;
+
+            var indexExclusionListCount = indexExclusionList.Count;
+
+            if (indexExclusionListCount == 0)
+                return results;
+
+            var filteredResults = new HashSet<Result>(PathEqualityComparator.Instance);
+
+            foreach (var r in results)
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < indexExclusionListCount; i++)
+                {
+                    if (!r.SubTitle.StartsWith(indexExclusionList[0].Path, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        filteredResults.Add(r);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return filteredResults;
+        }
+
         private bool UseWindowsIndexForDirectorySearch(string locationPath)
         {
             var pathToDirectory = FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(locationPath);
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
index 63ca66a1e..990ceadda 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "Name": "Explorer",
   "Description": "Search and manage files and folders. Explorer utilises Windows Index Search",
   "Author": "Jeremy Wu",
-  "Version": "1.7.1",
+  "Version": "1.7.2",
   "Language": "csharp",
   "Website": "https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher",
   "ExecuteFileName": "Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.dll",