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Robots.txt Generator

Build a robots.txt file with User-agent rules and Sitemap directives.

User-Agent Block
Use * for all bots, or specify: Googlebot, Bingbot, etc.
One path per line.
One path per line.
Optional. Google ignores this, but Bing and Yandex respect it.
robots.txt
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How to Use the Robots.txt Generator

Set your User-agent (use * for all crawlers), then specify which paths to Allow and Disallow. Add your sitemap URL so search engines find it automatically. Click Generate, copy the output, and save it as robots.txt in your site's root directory.

Need different rules for different bots? Add multiple User-Agent blocks. Googlebot, Bingbot, and other crawlers each follow only the block that matches their name. A wildcard * block covers everyone else.

What Is robots.txt?

robots.txt is a plain text file that sits at your site's root (e.g., example.com/robots.txt). It tells search engine crawlers which pages they can and can't access. Every major search engine checks it before crawling your site.

A few things robots.txt doesn't do: it won't remove pages from Google's index (use noindex for that), and it's a polite request, not a security measure. Well-behaved bots follow it. Scrapers and malware don't.

The Sitemap directive is technically separate from the access rules, but including it here is standard practice. It points crawlers directly to your XML sitemap so they discover all your pages without guessing.

Does robots.txt affect my SEO rankings? +
Indirectly. robots.txt controls what gets crawled, not what gets ranked. If you accidentally block important pages, Google can't crawl or index them. If you block unimportant pages (admin panels, staging URLs), you're helping Google spend its crawl budget on pages that matter.
What's the difference between Disallow and noindex? +
Disallow tells crawlers not to access a page. noindex tells them not to show it in search results. If a page is Disallowed, Google can't see the noindex tag on it. To remove a page from search, use noindex in the page's meta tags and make sure robots.txt allows access so the crawler can read the noindex directive.
Should I block Googlebot's access to CSS and JavaScript files? +
No. Google needs to render your pages to understand them. Blocking CSS and JS files means Google sees a broken page and may rank it lower. This was common advice in 2010. It's wrong now.
Does Google respect Crawl-delay? +
No. Google ignores the Crawl-delay directive entirely. Use Google Search Console's crawl rate settings instead. Bing and Yandex do respect Crawl-delay, so it's worth including if those engines matter to you.