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How to Force Spotlight to Reindex a Drive

How to Force Spotlight to Reindex a Drive

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Last updated: Feb 25, 2025 by Wayne Chen

To reindex your root drive, follow these 4 commands.

sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/your_hard_drive_name_1 sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/your_hard_drive_name_1 sudo rm -rf /System/Volumes/Data/.Spotlight-V100 sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/your_hard_drive_name_1

 

To determine the size of your Spotlight databases see https://ucsd-igpp.atlassian.net/wiki/x/mbpt