Meta Robots Tag Generator
Build the right meta robots and X-Robots-Tag directives for any indexing scenario.
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About this tool
Toggle directives — noindex, nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet, max-snippet, max-image-preview, unavailable_after and more — and get the exact meta tag plus the equivalent X-Robots-Tag HTTP header, with plain-English explanations of what each combination does.
How to use the Meta Robots Tag Generator
- Toggle the directives you need for the page.
- Copy the generated meta tag or HTTP header.
- Verify with the URL Inspection tool in Search Console.
Frequently asked questions
noindex vs robots.txt disallow?
noindex removes a page from results but requires crawling; disallow blocks crawling but the URL can still be indexed. Never combine them for de-indexing.
What does max-image-preview:large do?
It allows Google to show large image previews — recommended for Discover traffic.