What Robots.txt Generator helps you do
Compose a robots.txt file with allow and disallow rules, crawler-specific user agents, and sitemap directives, then validate common mistakes before publishing to your site root.
Draft rules are built locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded until you publish the file yourself.
How to use Robots.txt Generator
- Add user-agent blocks, path rules, and one sitemap URL per line.
- Review validation hints, then copy or download robots.txt for deployment.
When to use it
- Launch a new site and publish baseline crawler rules with sitemap references.
- Block staging paths or internal search URLs from being crawled.
- Document Bingbot or Googlebot-specific allowances without hand-editing syntax.
What to know before you start
- Robots.txt controls crawling, not guaranteed de-indexing — use supported noindex on pages when needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Publish it as /robots.txt at the top level of the exact protocol and host it should control, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.
Not necessarily. Robots.txt manages crawling, not guaranteed indexing. Use a supported noindex mechanism on crawlable pages when indexing control is required.
Yes. Enter one absolute sitemap URL per line and the generator will add a Sitemap directive for each one.
No. Crawl-delay is not part of the core Robots Exclusion Protocol and is not supported by Google, so the generator avoids presenting it as a universal directive.