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Robots.txt Generator

Format crawling directives for review. Test every rule against the current documentation for the bots you intend to address.

User-Agent Rule
Disallow Paths
Allow Paths
Optional; many crawlers, including Googlebot, do not support this directive.

Generated robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

How to Use This Tool

  1. 1

    Add user-agent rules by selecting the bot (e.g. Googlebot, Bingbot, or * for all) and specifying allow/disallow paths.

  2. 2

    Optionally add your sitemap URL. Check each crawler's documentation before adding non-standard directives such as crawl-delay.

  3. 3

    Copy or download the generated robots.txt file and place it at the root of your website (yourdomain.com/robots.txt).

Why This Matters for SEO

Robots.txt provides crawl instructions for compliant bots. A misconfigured rule can prevent a crawler from fetching important content, but robots.txt does not by itself guarantee that a URL will stay out of an index. Test rules carefully, especially on large or frequently changing sites.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can robots.txt block pages from appearing in Google?+
Robots.txt can prevent crawling, but it does not guarantee that a URL stays out of an index. For a noindex directive to be seen, the crawler must be allowed to fetch the page; removal can still take time. Use authentication or another access control for confidential content.
What is crawl budget?+
It describes how much crawling a search engine is willing and able to do on a site. It is mainly a concern for very large sites or sites with rapidly changing inventories; most smaller sites do not need to optimize for it.
Should I block AI crawlers?+
Crawler policies differ between search, user-triggered retrieval, and model training. Decide which uses match your goals, then verify each provider's current bot documentation. Blocking a training crawler does not necessarily control that provider's search product.

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