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Free Robots.txt Checker

Check a website robots.txt file directly from the public origin. Review crawl directives, sitemap declarations and the high-risk Disallow: / pattern before diagnosing discovery or crawl problems.

TOOLMERA / WEBSITE ANALYSIS
Robots.txt Checker
Live public URL analysis
Toolmera fetches only public HTTP/HTTPS pages. Local/private hosts and non-standard ports are blocked, redirects are capped, and response bodies are size-limited.
Public-data onlyLive public HTTP/HTTPS checks
Instant workflowNo setup or account required
Free core toolOpen it and get the task done
WHY TOOLMERA

Built to get the task done.

  • Live robots.txt fetch
  • Crawl-block detection
  • Declared sitemap discovery
ABOUT THIS TOOL

Free Robots.txt Checker — Test Crawl Rules & Sitemap Directives

Free robots.txt checker to fetch a live robots file, detect a site-wide Disallow rule, count Allow and Disallow directives and find declared XML sitemaps.

What a robots.txt checker can verify

Toolmera fetches /robots.txt from the requested site origin and reports its HTTP status, number of User-agent sections, Allow and Disallow directives, declared Sitemap lines and whether a broad wildcard rule appears to disallow the entire site.

The preview shows the fetched file so you can inspect context yourself. This matters because robots rules are grouped by user agent and path, and a simple directive count cannot fully explain how every crawler will interpret a complex file.

Robots.txt controls crawling, not guaranteed indexing removal

A robots.txt Disallow rule is primarily a crawl-control mechanism. Blocking a URL from crawling is not the same as sending a noindex directive in a fetched page response, because a crawler that cannot fetch the page cannot read its meta robots tag.

Use robots.txt to manage crawling of appropriate paths, and use page-level indexing controls when your actual goal is to keep a page out of search results. Always test carefully before blocking large path patterns.

Sitemap directives inside robots.txt

Robots.txt can declare one or more Sitemap locations. The checker extracts those URLs so you can confirm whether the production site points crawlers to the expected XML sitemap or sitemap index.

A sitemap declaration is useful for discovery, but it does not override blocking rules and does not guarantee indexing. The URLs still need to be crawlable, canonical and valuable enough for search engines to process.

HOW IT WORKS

How to use Robots.txt Checker

01

Enter the site URL

Toolmera derives the origin and requests the root robots.txt file.

02

Review crawler directives

Check status, User-agent groups, Allow and Disallow counts, broad wildcard blocking and declared Sitemap lines.

03

Verify risky rules in context

Read the file preview before changing production crawl rules, especially any Disallow pattern affecting large sections.

SOURCES

Reference material used for this page:

Google robots.txt documentation
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FAQ

Common questions

Where is robots.txt normally located?

The file is normally served from the root of a host, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.

What does Disallow: / mean?

Within an applicable user-agent group, Disallow: / generally blocks crawling of the entire host path space for that crawler.

Can robots.txt remove a page from Google?

Robots.txt is not a guaranteed removal mechanism. Use appropriate indexing controls or Search Console removal workflows depending on the goal.

Does Toolmera validate every crawler-specific rule?

It surfaces the file, counts key directives and flags a broad wildcard block. Complex rule precedence should still be reviewed in context.

Does the tool find sitemap declarations?

Yes. It extracts Sitemap lines from the live robots.txt file.