Applebot-Extended (Apple)
Model training
What it is
Applebot-Extended is a robots.txt token, not a crawler: Apple says it does not crawl webpages. Disallowing it opts your content out of training Apple’s foundation models for Apple Intelligence, Services and Developer Tools. Apple says pages that disallow it can still appear in search results.
Official documentation: support.apple.com · checked 13 Nov 2026
Applebot-Extended user agent
Applebot-Extended has no user agent string of its own: it never visits your site. It exists only as a token for the User-agent line of robots.txt.
Official documentation: support.apple.com/en-us/119829 · checked 13 Nov 2026
Block or allow Applebot-Extended in robots.txt
Put these lines at the top of the robots.txt file in your site’s root (example.com/robots.txt). Each subdomain needs its own file.
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
# repeat here the Disallow lines of your User-agent: * group
If Applebot-Extended is not named in robots.txt, it already follows your User-agent: * rules, so you don’t need anything. A group of its own replaces the * group for this bot entirely: if you add one, repeat your general Disallow lines in it.
Applebot-Extended IP ranges
Applebot-Extended does not crawl and has no IP addresses: Apple applies it to data collected by Applebot. Applebot’s addresses are on its page. Applebot
Does it respect robots.txt and Crawl-delay?
robots.txt: Applebot-Extended is itself a robots.txt token. It does not crawl, so a rule for it tells the owner how content collected by its other crawlers may be used.
“Applebot-Extended does not crawl webpages.” — Apple documentation
Crawl-delay: does not apply, Applebot-Extended does not crawl.
Should you block Applebot-Extended?
It is a legitimate choice. Blocking Applebot-Extended opts your content out of this kind of use, and search and AI answers that rely on other bots are not affected. If you want your content used by AI models, leave it open.
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Questions
What is the Applebot-Extended user agent string?+
Apple does not publish a full user agent string for Applebot-Extended. Match the token “Applebot-Extended” instead.
How do I block Applebot-Extended in robots.txt?+
Add a group for it to robots.txt in your site’s root: “User-agent: Applebot-Extended” followed by “Disallow: /”.
Does Applebot-Extended respect robots.txt?+
robots.txt: Applebot-Extended is itself a robots.txt token. It does not crawl, so a rule for it tells the owner how content collected by its other crawlers may be used.