SEARCH ENGINES · APPLE
Applebot
Crawlers that index your pages for search results. Blocking one removes your pages from its results.
- Follows robots.txt
- Can be verified
- Docs checked 28 Oct 2026
- VerifiableIdentityIP ranges, reverse DNS, Cloudflare
- Obeysrobots.txtFollows robots.txt
- PurposeSearch indexingNot an AI product
- TokenApplebotUse it in a User-agent line
robots.txt
The operator documents that this bot follows robots.txt rules.
Block Applebot
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /Allow Applebot
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /Quick facts
- robots.txt token
Applebot- User agent contains
- Applebot
- Operator
- Apple
- Category
- Search engines
- Purpose
- Search indexing
- robots.txt
- Follows robots.txt
- Verification
- Can be verified
- Documentation
- support.apple.com · checked 28 Oct 2026
If you block it
Your pages drop out of this search engine’s results over time. Block it only with a clear reason.
Check a visit is real
- Published IP ranges: search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json
- Reverse DNS ending in applebot.apple.com, confirmed by forward DNS
- Listed by Cloudflare as a verified bot
Where this comes from
The same registry NdovuSEOLabs uses to classify crawler traffic in your server and CDN logs, built from the operator’s own documentation.
Registry version 2026-10-29.1
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