Robots Meta Tag Generator

Generate the robots meta tag — noindex, nofollow, nosnippet, max-snippet and more — plus the X-Robots-Tag header.

100% Browser-Based • Local Processing
1 · Indexing

Should this page appear in search results?

Should crawlers use the links on it?

2 · Snippets & previews
3 · Scope

Off by default: index, follow is what every crawler already assumes, so a tag that says it changes nothing. Turn it on only if your team’s convention is to state it.

Presets

Your directives

A blocked page cannot be told to noindex. This tag is read only when a crawler fetches the page, so if the same URL is also disallowed in robots.txt the directive is never seen — and the URL can stay in the index, listed without a description. Crawl rules and indexing rules are different layers: use robots.txt to say don’t fetch, and this tag to say don’t list. Never both on one URL.

HTML — in the <head>

X-Robots-Tag — HTTP response header

A PDF, an image or a plain-text file has no <head> to hold a meta tag, so its directives have to be sent as a response header instead. The header and the meta tag mean the same thing; if a page somehow carries both, the more restrictive one applies.

Server snippet

Extensions are separated by | — pdf|docx|xlsx. On Apache this needs mod_headers enabled; on Nginx the always flag is what makes the header survive error responses too.

Paste the meta tag into the <head> of the page it applies to — one page, one tag. Two things no client-side tool can confirm for you: that the URL really is crawlable, and that your CMS or SEO plugin isn’t already writing a robots tag of its own further up the <head>. Check the rendered source of the live page after you deploy.

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Overview

What is a Robots Meta Tag Generator?

A Robots Meta Tag Generator builds the <meta name="robots"> tag that tells search engines how to index a specific page — whether to index it, follow its links, show a snippet, or limit previews. Toggle the directives you need and it outputs the tag (and the equivalent X-Robots-Tag header) to add to your page or server.

While robots.txt controls crawling at the site level, the robots meta tag controls indexing at the page level — telling search engines not to index this page, not to follow its links, or to limit the snippet and preview they show. It's how you keep specific pages out of search results.

This generator builds the exact tag from simple toggles and also gives the HTTP-header version for non-HTML files. It runs entirely in your browser, and the output is yours to use.

Guide

How to generate a robots meta tag

Step 1: Choose the directives — index/noindex, follow/nofollow, and any snippet or preview limits

Choose the directives — index/noindex, follow/nofollow, and any snippet or preview limits.

Step 2: Copy the generated <meta name="robots"> tag (or the X-Robots-Tag header version)

Copy the generated <meta name="robots"> tag (or the X-Robots-Tag header version).

Step 3: Add the meta tag to the page's <head>, or set the header on your server for files like PDFs

Add the meta tag to the page's <head>, or set the header on your server for files like PDFs.

Details

Page-level indexing control — and the noindex trap

The robots meta tag carries directives that apply to the page it's on: noindex keeps the page out of search results, nofollow tells engines not to follow the links on it, noarchive prevents a cached copy, nosnippet hides the text snippet, and max-snippet, max-image-preview, and max-video-preview limit how much preview content is shown (relevant in the AI era, since these also influence what can appear in AI Overviews). The default, applied if you do nothing, is index,follow — so you only need the tag to deviate from that. The single most important pitfall: for Google to see and obey a noindex, it must be able to crawl the page, so you must NOT also block that URL in robots.txt — if you do, Google never reads the noindex and the page can stay indexed. For files that aren't HTML (PDFs, images), you can't add a meta tag, so use the X-Robots-Tag HTTP header instead, which this tool also outputs. Everything is generated locally in your browser. For site-level crawl rules, use the Robots.txt Generator; for AI crawlers specifically, the AI Crawler Control generator.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the robots meta tag?

It's a <meta name="robots"> tag in a page's <head> that tells search engines how to handle that specific page — whether to index it, follow its links, show a snippet, or cache it. It controls indexing at the page level, complementing robots.txt, which controls crawling at the site level.

What's the difference between robots.txt and the robots meta tag?

robots.txt (a site-root file) controls which URLs crawlers may crawl; the robots meta tag (per page) controls how an individual page is indexed and displayed. Crucially, to keep a page out of results you use noindex in the meta tag — and you must let the page be crawled so engines can read it.

How do I keep a page out of Google?

Add a robots meta tag with noindex to the page, and make sure the page is NOT blocked in robots.txt — Google has to crawl the page to see the noindex. Don't combine the two. Once Google recrawls and reads noindex, the page drops out of search results.

What does nofollow do?

nofollow in the robots meta tag tells search engines not to follow any links on the page (a page-wide signal). It's different from rel="nofollow" on an individual link. Use it sparingly — most pages should let engines follow their links so link signals flow through your site.

What are max-snippet and max-image-preview for?

They limit how much of your content appears in previews: max-snippet caps the text snippet length, max-image-preview controls image preview size (none/standard/large), and max-video-preview limits video previews. These also affect what can be used in AI Overviews and rich results, so they're useful levers in the AI search era — for example allowing large previews to maximise visibility.

What is the X-Robots-Tag header?

It's the HTTP-header equivalent of the robots meta tag, used for content where you can't add a meta tag — PDFs, images, and other non-HTML files. You set it in your server config (e.g. X-Robots-Tag: noindex). The generator outputs this header version alongside the meta tag so you can apply directives to any file type.

Is it free, and do I need to sign up?

Yes, it's completely free with no account, no trial, and no limit on how many times you use it. Unlike most SEO suites, there's no login wall — it runs entirely in your browser, so you just open the page and use it.

Is my data private?

Yes. Everything is processed in your browser — whatever you type or paste is never sent to a server. Nothing is stored once you close the tab, so your URLs, content, and site details stay on your own device. That client-side approach is the core difference from cloud SEO tools.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes. It runs in your phone's browser with nothing to install, so you can generate or check markup on Android or iOS. The layout adapts to small screens, though pasting longer code is easier on a desktop.

Does it work offline?

Once the page has loaded, the work runs entirely on your device, so it keeps working without a connection. You only need to be online to open the page the first time — which is also why nothing you enter is uploaded.

Can I copy the output?

Yes. You can copy the generated code or results to your clipboard with one click, ready to paste straight into your site's HTML, CMS, or files. Because everything runs locally, copying is instant with no upload step.

Will this directly improve my rankings or get me into AI answers?

It produces correct, standards-compliant markup that helps search engines and AI engines (Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity) understand your page clearly — which is a prerequisite for ranking and being cited. But it doesn't directly change rankings or guarantee a rich result or AI citation; those are decided by the engines based on your overall content and authority.

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