robots.txt Generator Online
Generate a correctly formatted robots.txt file for your website. Control which search engine crawlers can access which parts of your site, set crawl delays, block specific directories, and specify your sitemap URL. Download your robots.txt file instantly.
How to Use This Tool
Select which crawlers to configure, choose which directories to allow or disallow, add your sitemap URL, and optionally set a crawl delay. The robots.txt code updates in real time. Download or copy when ready.
Why Use This Tool
- Select target crawler (all bots or specific ones)
- Toggle directories to allow or block
- Add your sitemap.xml URL
- Set optional crawl delay for server protection
What You Get
Common Use Cases
Prevent search engines from crawling and potentially indexing your wp-admin, login, and private admin directories.
Block crawlers from indexing staging, dev, or test subdirectories that shouldn't appear in search results.
Use crawl delay to slow down aggressive bots on shared hosting, or direct crawl budget away from low-value pages.
Link your sitemap.xml in robots.txt so Google and Bing can discover all your pages faster — the most important robots.txt directive.
What is a robots.txt file?
A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which pages or directories of your website they should or should not crawl. It's placed in the root of your domain (yoursite.com/robots.txt) and is checked by Googlebot before crawling begins.
Does robots.txt prevent pages from being indexed?
No — robots.txt only controls crawling, not indexing. Google can still index a URL it hasn't crawled if other sites link to it. Use noindex meta tags or the X-Robots-Tag header to prevent indexing.
What is crawl delay in robots.txt?
Crawl-delay tells crawlers how many seconds to wait between requests. Google ignores this directive — use Google Search Console to set crawl rate for Googlebot instead. Crawl-delay is honored by Bing, Yandex, and other crawlers.
robots.txt: Common Rules and What They Mean
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Use Toolzoid?
Toolzoid provides fast, privacy-first online tools that run entirely in your browser. No uploads, no tracking, no login required. Our .htaccess generator pairs perfectly with this robots.txt tool — use both to fully configure your Apache server's crawl and security settings without editing any files manually.