Robots.txt
Generator

Generate robots.txt files with custom rules, presets for common configurations, sitemap references, and crawl delay settings.

Preset

Rules

User-agent
Disallow
Allow

Global Settings

Output

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What does robots.txt actually control, and why isn't it a security mechanism?

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Frequently Asked Questions

A robots.txt file is a plain text file placed at the root of a website that instructs web crawlers which pages or sections they are allowed or disallowed to access. It follows the Robots Exclusion Standard.

Blocking a page in robots.txt prevents crawlers from accessing it but does not guarantee it will be removed from search results if other sites link to it. The noindex meta tag or HTTP header must be used to prevent indexing.

Disallow tells crawlers not to access a specified path, while Allow explicitly permits access to a path that would otherwise be blocked by a broader Disallow rule. Allow takes precedence over Disallow for the same path length.

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