diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index d5f882d5c..e9b4b0fc1 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             return await IndexSearch.WindowsIndexSearchAsync(querySearchString,
                                                     queryConstructor.CreateQueryHelper().ConnectionString,
                                                     queryConstructor.QueryForFileContentSearch,
+                                                    settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths,
                                                     query,
                                                     token).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             return await IndexSearch.WindowsIndexSearchAsync(querySearchString,
                                                    queryConstructor.CreateQueryHelper().ConnectionString,
                                                    queryConstructor.QueryForAllFilesAndFolders,
+                                                   settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths,
                                                    query,
                                                    token).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             return await IndexSearch.WindowsIndexSearchAsync(path,
                                                    queryConstructor.CreateQueryHelper().ConnectionString,
                                                    queryConstructor.QueryForTopLevelDirectorySearch,
+                                                   settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths,
                                                    query,
                                                    token).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
index b1e1d7622..ecadd61ec 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Logger;
+using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.QuickAccessLinks;
 using Microsoft.Search.Interop;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
         }
 
         internal async static Task<List<Result>> WindowsIndexSearchAsync(string searchString, string connectionString,
-                                                                  Func<string, string> constructQuery, Query query,
+                                                                  Func<string, string> constructQuery,
+                                                                  List<AccessLink> exclusionList,
+                                                                  Query query,
                                                                   CancellationToken token)
         {
             var regexMatch = Regex.Match(searchString, reservedStringPattern);
@@ -92,8 +95,41 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
                 return new List<Result>();
 
             var constructedQuery = constructQuery(searchString);
-            return await ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(constructedQuery, connectionString, query, token);
+            return await RemoveResultsInExclusionList(
+                        await ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(constructedQuery, connectionString, query, token),
+                        exclusionList);
+        }
 
+        private async static Task<List<Result>> RemoveResultsInExclusionList(List<Result> results, List<AccessLink> exclusionList)
+        {
+            var indexExclusionListCount = exclusionList.Count;
+
+            if (indexExclusionListCount == 0)
+                return results;
+
+            var filteredResults = new List<Result>();
+
+            await Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                for (var index = 0; index < results.Count; index++)
+                {
+                    var excludeResult = false;
+
+                    for (var i = 0; i < indexExclusionListCount; i++)
+                    {
+                        if (results[index].SubTitle.StartsWith(exclusionList[i].Path, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            excludeResult = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (!excludeResult)
+                        filteredResults.Add(results[index]);
+                }
+            });
+
+            return filteredResults;
         }
 
         internal static bool PathIsIndexed(string path)
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",