> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ploegert.gitbook.io/til/programmy/html/prevent-search-engines-from-indexing-a-page.md). # Prevent Search Engines From Indexing A Page The `robots.txt` file is commonly used to tell (well-behaved) crawlers, such as search engines, to not visit a page. If another page links to your page, it will still be indexed. To instruct search engines to not index a given page, robot meta tags need to be used. > If you want to reliably block a page from showing up in the search results, you need to use a meta robots `noindex` tag. That means that, in order to find the `noindex` tag, the search engine has to be able to access that page, so don’t block it with `robots.txt`. [source](https://yoast.com/ultimate-guide-robots-txt/) To prevent indexing, add the following meta tag to the `` section of any relevant pages. ```html ``` [source](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/block-indexing)