Robots.txt Generator
Generate a robots.txt file with custom user agents, rules, and a sitemap reference.
About Robots.txt Generator
Search engines check robots.txt before crawling your site, and a single malformed line can block crawlers from pages you want indexed — or worse, let them waste time on paths you'd rather keep quiet. This generator builds the file from simple inputs, producing a valid robots.txt with the rules you intend.
Specify user agents, then add allow and disallow paths for each, and the tool assembles the blocks in the correct order. Add a sitemap line and it's appended at the end as the standard suggests. The output is plain text you can copy straight into your site's robots.txt file.
SEO specialists use it to fine-tune crawl budgets by blocking parameter-heavy URLs and admin areas, while developers add it during site launches to keep staging paths out of the index. Anyone managing a site that relies on search traffic needs a correct robots.txt, and this removes the syntax guesswork.
How to Use
- Enter the paths to allow and disallow for each user agent.
- Add your sitemap URL.
- Copy the generated robots.txt content.
Example
Allow all, disallow /admin, sitemap at /sitemap.xml User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /admin Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
The standard crawl directive: allow everything, block the admin area, and point crawlers at the sitemap.
FAQ
What is robots.txt for?
It tells search engine crawlers which paths they may and may not crawl. It's a guideline, not a security control.
Do I need to disallow sensitive pages?
No — disallowing a sensitive page hides it from crawling but not from the public. Use authentication for real protection.
Can I target specific bots?
Yes, generate separate User-agent blocks for bots like Googlebot, Bingbot, and others.
Should robots.txt block everything I don't want indexed?
Not necessarily. Blocking in robots.txt only stops crawling, and search engines can still list a page if it's linked elsewhere. For genuinely private content, use authentication or noindex tags instead of relying on robots.txt alone.
Do I need a separate robots.txt for every subdomain?
Yes. Crawlers look for robots.txt at the root of each host, so example.com, blog.example.com, and www.example.com each need their own file if they have different crawl rules.