Robots.txt Generator

Default - All Robots are:

Crawl-Delay:

Sitemap: (leave blank if you don't have)

Search Robots:	Google
	Google Image
	Google Mobile
	MSN Search
	Yahoo
	Yahoo MM
	Yahoo Blogs
	Ask/Teoma
	GigaBlast
	DMOZ Checker
	Nutch
	Alexa/Wayback
	Baidu
	Naver
	MSN PicSearch

Restricted Directories:	The path is relative to root and must contain a trailing slash "/"

Now, Create 'robots.txt' file at your root directory. Copy above text and paste into the text file.

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What Is a Robots.txt Generator?

A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which parts of your site they're allowed to crawl and which they should skip — useful for keeping admin pages, duplicate content, or staging directories out of search results, and for pointing crawlers to your sitemap. Our Robots.txt Generator builds this file for you without needing to memorize the exact syntax.

How Our Robots.txt Generator Works

Select which directories or paths you want to allow or disallow, specify any crawler-specific rules, and add your sitemap URL. The tool assembles a properly formatted robots.txt file following the standard crawler-directive syntax.

How to Use the Robots.txt Generator

Choose default rules (allow all, or block specific crawlers)
Add any paths you want to disallow (e.g. /admin/, /cart/)
Add your sitemap URL
Click Generate
Download the file and upload it to your site's root directory as robots.txt

Key Features

Path-level allow/disallow rules — block specific directories from being crawled
User-agent targeting — set different rules for different crawlers if needed
Sitemap directive included — point crawlers directly to your XML sitemap
Standard syntax output — formatted correctly the first time

Who Uses This Tool

Site owners launching a new site use it to set up proper crawler rules from day one. Developers use it to block staging or admin areas from being indexed. SEO practitioners use it during audits to fix misconfigured robots.txt files that are accidentally blocking important pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does robots.txt need to be placed?
At the root of your domain — e.g. yoursite.com/robots.txt — crawlers won't look for it anywhere else.

Can robots.txt keep a page out of Google entirely?
Not reliably — disallowing a page in robots.txt only blocks crawling, not indexing; a blocked URL can still appear in search results without a description. Use a noindex meta tag for pages you want fully excluded.

Will a mistake in robots.txt break my whole site's SEO?
A misconfigured rule (like accidentally disallowing the entire site) can block your entire site from being crawled, so always double-check the file before uploading it live.

Is this tool free?
Yes, generating a robots.txt file is completely free.