Robots.txt Generator
The robots.txt file sits at the root of your website and tells search engine crawlers which parts of your site they can and cannot access. This tool lets you define rules for different user agents (Googlebot, Bingbot, or all crawlers), specify allow and disallow paths, and add your sitemap URL — then generates the properly formatted robots.txt content ready to copy.
A well-configured robots.txt prevents crawlers from wasting their crawl budget on pages you don't want indexed (admin panels, staging content, duplicate filtered views) while ensuring important pages remain accessible. It's one of the first files search engines look for when discovering your site.
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Frequently asked questions
Does robots.txt actually prevent pages from being indexed?▼
Not exactly. Robots.txt prevents crawlers from accessing the page, but if other sites link to a disallowed URL, Google may still index the URL (showing it in search results with no snippet). To truly prevent indexing, use a 'noindex' meta robots tag on the page itself. Robots.txt is for controlling crawling, not indexing.
Where does the robots.txt file go?▼
It must be at the root of your domain: https://example.com/robots.txt. Search engines only look for it at this exact location. It won't work in subdirectories.
What's the '*' user-agent?▼
The asterisk (*) is a wildcard that matches all crawlers. Rules under 'User-agent: *' apply to every bot that doesn't have its own specific section. Most sites only need the wildcard section unless they want different rules for specific crawlers like Googlebot or Bingbot.