Turn Off Google Drive "Recents"

When you have Google Drive installed on your computer and you have access to Shared Drives, you may see things in your "Recents" folder on your Mac that you haven't accessed or even seen before.

Good news, you can turn this off!

1. Click on the "Apple" logo and select System Settings.

2. From the list, select Siri & Spotlight.

3. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and look for Spotlight Privacy...

4. Click the ( + ) to add a folder.

5. Then select Google Drive on the left-hand side, and once there, choose the folder you wish to stop seeing items from (in this case, I selected Shared Drives).

Now your Recents folder will only show things that you have recently created or opened.