LAN Media

Free SEO tool

Noindex checker

Paste one URL or a short list. We fetch the page, read noindex directives in HTML and headers, and tell you when robots.txt blocks the page before crawlers can see them.

Up to 10 public http(s) URLs. We fetch the page, inspect meta robots and X-Robots-Tag, and compare them with the site’s robots.txt.

What this checker reports

Noindex problems are often silent. A page looks fine in the browser, but one meta tag or header keeps it out of search. This tool focuses on those signals only.

  • Meta robots. noindex, none, and companion directives like nofollow.
  • Bot-specific directives. meta name="googlebot" rules that affect Google differently.
  • X-Robots-Tag. Header-level noindex, useful for PDFs and other non-HTML files.
  • robots.txt conflicts. Warns when the page is blocked in robots.txt, so crawlers may never read the noindex.
  • Canonical context. Notes when a page declares both a canonical and a noindex.

How a check works

Paste one URL or a short list. We fetch the page, inspect the HTML and response headers, then fetch the host’s /robots.txt to see whether Googlebot would be blocked before it can read the page-level directives.

Limits, on purpose

We do not tell you whether Google has already dropped the page from the index, and we do not crawl the site. This is a current-state directive check, not Search Console.

Frequently asked questions

What does a noindex checker test?

It fetches the page, reads meta robots, meta googlebot, and X-Robots-Tag directives, then warns if robots.txt blocks the page before crawlers can see the noindex.

What is the difference between noindex and robots.txt disallow?

Noindex tells crawlers not to keep a page in the index after they crawl it. Robots.txt disallow stops crawling. If a page is blocked in robots.txt, crawlers may never see the noindex directive.

Can noindex come from an HTTP header?

Yes. X-Robots-Tag can send noindex in the HTTP response, including for non-HTML files.

Can noindex be bot-specific?

Yes. A meta name="googlebot" tag can noindex Google while leaving other crawlers unaffected. We call that out separately.

Does this show whether Google indexed the page?

No. It shows the directives currently visible on the page and in headers. Actual index status requires Search Console.

This tool is free and logs the requesting IP only to enforce the rate limit. URLs you submit are fetched so we can build the report. See the privacy policy.