Apple
Applebot-Extended— crawlers from Apple
Opt-out token for Apple Intelligence training data.
Applebot-Extended is Apple's opt-out signal for training Apple Intelligence models. Like Google-Extended, disallowing it does NOT remove your site from Siri suggestions or Spotlight — it only opts you out of training. The base Applebot user-agent continues to crawl for product features.
Vendor
Apple
Category
Crawlers (training & indexing)
User-Agent
Applebot-Extended
Documentation
robots.txt snippets
Allow
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: /
Disallow
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /
FAQ
What is Applebot-Extended?
Applebot-Extended is Apple's opt-out signal for training Apple Intelligence models. Like Google-Extended, disallowing it does NOT remove your site from Siri suggestions or Spotlight — it only opts you out of training. The base Applebot user-agent continues to crawl for product features.
What is the user-agent string for Applebot-Extended?
Applebot-Extended identifies itself with the user-agent token "Applebot-Extended". You can match it in robots.txt with "User-Agent: Applebot-Extended" and route nginx / log-analyzer rules against that token.
How do I allow Applebot-Extended in robots.txt?
Add the following block to your /robots.txt — this explicitly grants Applebot-Extended access:
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
How do I block Applebot-Extended in robots.txt?
Add the following block to your /robots.txt — note that well-behaved bots honor this, but not every crawler does:
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
How can I check whether my site is ready for Applebot-Extended?
Run a free check at https://agentics.page — it audits whether your robots.txt allows the right bots, whether you publish llms.txt and JSON-LD structured data, whether your content is server-rendered, and whether Applebot-Extended can actually consume your site.
Is your domain ready for Applebot-Extended?
agentics checks whether your robots.txt allows the right bots, your llms.txt is in shape, your JSON-LD and SSR content are visible, and whether Applebot-Extended can actually use your domain.
Run free check →