Robots.txt Generator
Create and customize your robots.txt file for search engine crawlers
User Agents
Quickly apply pre-configured settings for specific crawlers
Specify which crawler these rules apply to
Delay between crawler requests in seconds
Paths you want to block from crawling
Paths you explicitly want to allow (overrides Disallow)
Location of your sitemap file
Test URL Access
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User-agent: *
Live Access Preview
| User-agent | / | /cart | /checkout | /blog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Allowed ✅ | Allowed ✅ | Allowed ✅ | Allowed ✅ |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A robots.txt file is a text file that instructs search engine crawlers which parts of your website they can or cannot index.
Robots.txt helps prevent search engines from indexing private, duplicate, or irrelevant pages, which improves your site's SEO and prevents unnecessary crawl budget usage.
Use our free Robots.txt Generator tool by filling in rules such as which directories or pages to disallow, and then download the generated file.
Yes, by setting 'User-agent: *' and 'Disallow: /', you block all search engines from crawling your entire site.
No. Robots.txt prevents crawling but doesn’t necessarily block indexing. For full exclusion from search results, use 'noindex' meta tags.
If no robots.txt file exists, search engines assume they are allowed to crawl and index all publicly accessible pages of your site.
Yes, by specifying user-agents like 'User-agent: Googlebot' with appropriate rules, you can allow or disallow specific bots.
