Robots.txt Generator
Generate a properly formatted robots.txt file to control search engine crawling.
Robots.txt Generator Features
Easy robots.txt creation with common rules and bot controls.
Configure rules for all crawlers or specific ones like Googlebot.
Set which paths are allowed or blocked for crawling.
Add your sitemap URL directly to the file.
About This Tool
A robots.txt file sits at the root of a site and tells search-engine crawlers which paths they may or may not visit. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol, using Allow and Disallow rules grouped under User-agent lines that target specific crawlers or all of them.
This tool builds a correctly-formatted file so you avoid the syntax slips that silently break the rules. It is important to understand what robots.txt does not do: it requests that compliant crawlers skip a path, but it does not secure or hide anything, and a disallowed page can still be indexed if linked elsewhere. Use it for crawl control, not access control.
A frequent and costly error is leaving a site-wide Disallow in place after launch, which was fine during development but silently blocks the whole site from search once live. Another is assuming robots.txt hides sensitive pages: it does the opposite, publicly listing the paths you asked crawlers to avoid. Pointing crawlers to your sitemap from within the file, meanwhile, is a small addition that helps discovery.
How to Use It
- Choose which crawlers the rules apply to.
- Add the paths to allow or disallow, and your sitemap URL.
- Copy the file to your site root as robots.txt.
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