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Applebot-Extended

Applebot-Extended was introduced with iOS 18 / Apple Intelligence to allow publishers to opt out of having their web content used to train Apple's on-device and server generative models, while keeping standard Applebot indexing for Spotlight search intact.

Audit Your Site for Applebot-Extended

Technical Specifications

User-Agent TokenApplebot-Extended
Operator / OwnerApple
Primary PurposeApple Intelligence generative foundation training
SEO ImpactNo SEO Impact
Respects robots.txtStandard Compliant (RFC 9309)
Reverse DNS Hostnameapplebot.apple.com
Official DocumentationOperator Docs

Frequently Asked Questions

Does blocking Applebot-Extended affect Apple Spotlight search?

No. Standard Applebot handles Spotlight and Siri web lookups. Applebot-Extended only governs generative AI model training.

How to block Applebot-Extended?

User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /

How to Allow Applebot-Extendedrobots.txt

Ensure this bot can index your public pages for citations.

# Allow Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
How to Block Applebot-Extendedrobots.txt

Prevent this bot from accessing any content on your domain.

# Block Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

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