Learn how to block Google and other search engines from retrieving web pages on your site.
| Topics | |
|---|---|
| Control what you share with Google | Learn the different methods to controlling what information Google sees on your site and what is shown in Search results. |
Block search indexing with noindex |
Prevent a page from appearing in Google Search by including a noindex
meta tag in the page's HTML code, or by returning a noindex header
in the HTTP response. |
| About robots.txt | A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which pages or files the crawler can or can't request from your site. |
| Prevent images on your page from appearing in search results | To prevent images from your site appearing in Google's search results, use the Remove URLs tool or a robots.txt file. |
| Opt out of display on Google Local and other Google properties with Search Console | Use Search Console to opt out of various Google properties, like Google Shopping, Google Flights, Google Hotels, and Google Local. |