Robots.txt Generator
Easy and fast generator for your robots.txt files to manage search engine crawlers.
General Settings
Specific Bot Rules
Uncheck to specifically block these popular bots.
Restricted Paths
/
Generated robots.txt
Warning: Be careful with "Disallow: /" as it will block search engines from indexing your entire site. Restricted paths should usually include admin or private directories.
How to Use Robots.txt Generator?
- Set Default Rule: Decide if you want to Allow or Disallow all bots by default (usually Allow).
- Crawl Delay: Set a delay if you want to slow down bots to save server resources (optional).
- Restricted Paths: Add specific folders (like
/admin/or/private/) that bots should not visit. - Block Specific Bots: Uncheck any bots you specifically want to block (e.g., if you don't want your images on Google Images).
- Generate & Download: Click "Download" to get your
robots.txtfile and upload it to your website's root directory.
Did you know?
The robots.txt file is a request, not a command. While reputable search engines (Google, Bing) respect it, malicious bots may ignore these rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
It must be placed in the root directory of your website so it is accessible at
https://yourwebsite.com/robots.txt.
Crawl-Delay tells bots to wait a certain number of seconds between requests. This is useful for preventing server overload but is ignored by Googlebot.
Yes! Including the Sitemap URL helps search engines discover all your pages more efficiently.