Keep crawl paths tidy
Discourage crawlers from spending time in admin areas, temporary folders, or duplicate routes.
Create a robots.txt file online without wrestling with syntax. Choose a preset, fine-tune crawler paths, add your sitemap and download a ready-to-publish file.
Enter your website address, choose which crawler the rules apply to, then add Allow or Disallow paths. Review the live syntax preview, copy or download the file, and publish it at your website root as /robots.txt.
Discourage crawlers from spending time in admin areas, temporary folders, or duplicate routes.
Add a sitemap directive so crawlers can quickly find the pages you want people to discover.
One slash can change a rule. Read the live preview, then upload the file to your site root.
Place the file in the root of your website. For example, example.com/robots.txt must return the file directly.
Not necessarily. A URL may still be discovered elsewhere. Use the appropriate page-level indexing controls when you need to manage search visibility.
No. The file is publicly readable and compliant crawlers treat it as guidance. Use authentication or server access controls for anything sensitive.
The asterisk targets every crawler that follows the robots exclusion standard. You can select or enter a specific crawler when a rule should be narrower.
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