Can Spotlight be removed?

I have tried to remove any Spotlight file I can find in Sys/Library and Library. I no longer see Spotlight in the top row of System Preferences. But it still is in the menu bar constantly indexing my drives and slowing everything down.
I previously had selected only one drive in System Prefs for Spotlight to index but it still seems to want to index all attached volumes (9 in all - a bunch 300 GB each which are Back up drives and don't need to be searched). It won't stop indexing when I search so I can't even do a search! That's ridiculous!
I want a way to shut it down or remove it. [Apple-F] seems to work a lot better. Is there a way to just get rid of it or is it permanently part of the system?
MartyP
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Initially I added my main boot drive only not realizing I was doing the opposite of what I wanted - It was indexing everything but the drive I wanted. Later I pulled it out and added all the other drives I didn't want indexed.
I still don't understand why so many interfaces do things in a roundabout way (sort of like reverse Polish notation on some calculators). If I were doing that Privacy list, I'd list all the mounted drives and have a check box next to each one that says "Index" or "Don't Index" and next to the other drives not checked would appear: This volume will be (or not be) Indexed (etc.).
I've always found it more logical to list what you want (indexed or otherwise) than what you don't want. That's me. Without reading closely I just assumed the drive I added was going to be indexed and none of the others would. I stand corrected for being impatient and impulsive.
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