Test robots.txt Rules Online for Free

The robots.txt Tester allows you to validate your site access instructions and identify rules that might be blocking search engines from indexing critical content — essential for technical SEO audits and website migrations. it highlights syntax errors and conflicting directives. This tool is free, private, and requires zero registration.

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   Paste your robots.txt content into the top input area.

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   Enter the URL you want to test and the crawler name (e.g.

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   Googlebot).

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   The result shows whether that URL is allowed or disallowed for that crawler.

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   Paste the content of your robots.txt file into the editor.

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   Enter the URL or user-agent you want to test against your rules.

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   Review the results to see if access is allowed or blocked by your directives.

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   What is the purpose of robots.txt?

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   The robots.txt file is a directive for web crawlers, telling them which parts of your site should not be visited or indexed.