As you know, configuring robot.txt is important to any online store that is working on a site’s SEO.

You can configure the option by following below path in Magento 2.x admin.

Go to Stores -> Configuration -> General (Left side) -> Design (section) -> Search Engine Robots -> Default Robots (Select)-> Select

  • INDEX, FOLLOW Instructs web crawlers to index the site and to check back later for changes.
  • NOINDEX, FOLLOW Instructs web crawlers to avoid indexing the site, but to check back later or changes.
  • INDEX, NOFOLLOW Instructs web crawlers to index the site once, but to not check back later for changes.
  • NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW Instructs web crawlers to avoid indexing the site, and to not check back later for changes.

Now In order to set Custom Instructions.

For e.g:

Allows Full Access

Disallows Access to All Folders

Default Instructions

When complete, click Save Config.

If you have any query related to configure Robots.txt file then please write in comments.

Enjoy Magento 2!