Robots.txt Generator
User Agent Group 1
Optional. Time crawlers should wait between requests.
Full URL to your XML sitemap for search engine discovery.
Specifies the preferred domain. Mainly used by Yandex.
# robots.txt generated by Robots.txt Generator # https://tip.tools/tools/robots-txt-generator User-agent: * Disallow:
Understanding robots.txt Files
The robots.txt file is a fundamental part of web development and SEO that controls how search engine crawlers interact with your website. This simple text file, placed at the root of your domain, follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol to give instructions to web robots about which areas of your site they can access and index.
Every robots.txt file consists of one or more groups of directives, each starting with a User-agent line that specifies which crawler the rules apply to. The asterisk (*) wildcard matches all crawlers, while specific names like Googlebot or Bingbot target individual search engines. Following the user agent declaration, Allow and Disallow directives specify permitted and blocked paths respectively.
This generator helps you create properly formatted robots.txt files without memorizing syntax. You can configure multiple user agent groups with different rules, making it easy to allow Google access to your entire site while blocking certain AI crawlers or restricting aggressive bots with crawl delays. The tool also supports sitemap declarations, helping search engines discover your content more efficiently.
Remember that robots.txt is advisory rather than enforcement. Well-behaved crawlers from major search engines will respect your directives, but malicious bots may ignore them. For truly private content, use authentication or server configuration instead. After deploying your robots.txt, verify it using Google Search Console or similar tools to ensure it works as intended.