Applebot-Extended — Apple Intelligence Training Opt-Out
Applebot-Extended lets you opt out of Apple Intelligence training. Learn how it works, what it does NOT affect, and how to block it in robots.txt.
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Applebot-Extended What is Applebot-Extended?
Applebot-Extended is Apple's opt-out mechanism for AI training, introduced alongside Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024. Unlike most crawlers, Applebot-Extended does not crawl pages independently — it evaluates content already indexed by the primary Applebot to determine if it is eligible for inclusion in Apple Intelligence training data. Blocking Applebot-Extended does not affect Siri, Spotlight, or Safari Suggestions.
How to Block Applebot-Extended
Add the following to your robots.txt file (located at the root of your website):
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /
What Happens When You Block Applebot-Extended
Your content will not be used for Apple Intelligence training. Siri, Spotlight, and Safari Suggestions are NOT affected.
Should You Block Applebot-Extended?
Applebot-Extended is a training crawler — it collects data to build AI models. If you want to prevent your content from being used in future AI training by Apple, block it. This is a one-way decision: blocking today only affects future crawls, not data already collected.
Applebot-Extended vs Other Apple Crawlers
Apple currently operates Applebot-Extended as a standalone crawler. Unlike companies like OpenAI and Anthropic that split functionality across multiple user-agents, Apple uses a single identifier for its AI crawling operations.
GENERATE YOUR ROBOTS.TXT
Use our visual generator to create a robots.txt file that blocks Applebot-Extended and any other crawlers you want to opt out of.