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Free Robots.txt Generator

Create Allow, Disallow, User-agent and Sitemap rules for Googlebot and other crawlers.

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3. Copy or downloadReview warnings before using the output.

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What is Robots.txt Generator?
Robots.txt Generator creates plain-text crawling directives for search-engine user agents. Website owners can allow public areas, discourage crawling of selected paths, and declare a sitemap, while remembering that robots.txt is not an access-control or privacy system.
How to use Robots.txt Generator
  1. 1.Choose a user agent or use the wildcard rule for general crawlers.
  2. 2.Add only the paths that should be allowed or disallowed, checking leading slashes carefully.
  3. 3.Enter the absolute HTTPS URL of the XML sitemap.
  4. 4.Review the generated file, publish it at the domain root as /robots.txt, and test important URLs in a crawler tool.
Key features
  • ✓Produces standards-based User-agent, Allow, Disallow, and Sitemap lines.
  • ✓Supports separate rule groups when named crawlers need different instructions.
  • ✓Path preview helps prevent an overly broad slash from blocking the whole site.
  • ✓Copy-ready plain text can be checked before deployment.
Common use cases
  • Keep admin and internal search paths out of normal crawling.
  • Allow assets needed to render public pages.
  • Reference a sitemap from the root robots file.
  • Create crawler-specific rules for a staging or documentation area.
Frequently asked questions
Can robots.txt remove a page from Google?
Not reliably. A blocked URL may still be known from links. Use authentication for private data and an indexable noindex response when removal is required.
Where should robots.txt be uploaded?
Place it at the exact root of the host, such as https://example.com/robots.txt. A file in a subfolder does not govern the entire host.
Should CSS and JavaScript be blocked?
Public resources needed to render indexable pages should normally remain crawlable so search systems can understand the page.
Can robots.txt protect confidential files?
No. It is public guidance for cooperative crawlers, not security. Protect confidential resources with authorization.

    

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