How to use this tool

1. Fill in the inputs.
2. Read the result.
3. Copy or download as needed.

About the Robots.txt Generator

The Robots.txt Generator creates a valid `robots.txt` file, the standard plain-text file that tells search engine crawlers which parts of a website they are allowed or not allowed to access. You specify a user-agent, list allowed and disallowed paths, and optionally point to your sitemap, and the tool assembles a correctly formatted file ready to download and upload to your site's root directory.

A well-configured `robots.txt` file helps you control crawler traffic to sensitive or unimportant areas of your site (like admin panels or duplicate content), while making sure important pages remain fully accessible to search engines.

The generator follows the standard Robots Exclusion Protocol format: it starts with a `User-agent:` line identifying which crawler the rules apply to (using `*` to apply to all crawlers), followed by one `Allow:` line for each path you want to explicitly permit and one `Disallow:` line for each path you want to block. If you provide a sitemap URL, it is added as a final `Sitemap:` line, which helps search engines discover your sitemap file directly from `robots.txt`.

The tool builds this output live as you type, so you can see the exact file structure update with every change, and you can copy the text or download it directly as a `robots.txt` file ready for upload.

Common use cases

• Blocking search engines from crawling admin areas, staging environments, or internal search result pages.
• Pointing crawlers to your sitemap file to help them discover and index your content more efficiently.
• Allowing specific paths within an otherwise disallowed directory using targeted Allow rules.
• Setting up a fresh robots.txt file for a new website launch.
• Reviewing and rebuilding an existing robots.txt file with cleaner, more deliberate rules.

Tips and best practices

• A robots.txt file only requests that well-behaved crawlers avoid certain paths — it does not enforce access control or hide sensitive content from anyone who knows the direct URL.
• The file must be placed at the root of your domain (for example, example.com/robots.txt) to be recognized by search engines; placing it in a subdirectory will not work.
• Disallowing a path in robots.txt does not automatically remove already-indexed pages from search results — for that, you typically need a noindex meta tag or a removal request through the relevant search console.
• Always include your sitemap URL in robots.txt if you have one, since it is one of the easiest ways to help search engines discover it.

Frequently asked questions