Robots.txt Generator

Build a valid robots.txt with disallowed paths, a sitemap reference, an optional crawl delay and optional rules blocking known AI training crawlers.

Runs on your device

Result

Results appear here after you select “Generate”.

What it does

robots.txt tells well behaved crawlers what not to fetch. It is advisory, not security, never rely on it to hide private pages.

How to use it

  1. List paths to block, one per line (for example /admin/).
  2. Add your sitemap URL.
  3. Download robots.txt and upload it to your site root.

Example

The example fills in realistic values and runs the tool. Select Try an example above to see it.

When it helps

  • Keeping search engines out of admin and checkout pages.
  • Pointing crawlers to your sitemap.
  • Opting out of AI training crawlers.

Questions

Does Disallow remove a page from Google?

Not reliably. A blocked page can still be indexed from links. Use a noindex meta tag on a crawlable page to remove it.

Does Google respect Crawl-delay?

No, Googlebot ignores it. Bing and some other crawlers honour it.

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