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+---
+title: robots.txt template
+linkTitle: robots.txt templates
+description: Hugo can generate a customized robots.txt in the same way as any other template.
+categories: []
+keywords: []
+weight: 180
+aliases: [/extras/robots-txt/]
+---
+
+To generate a robots.txt file from a template, change the [site configuration]:
+
+{{< code-toggle file=hugo >}}
+enableRobotsTXT = true
+{{< /code-toggle >}}
+
+By default, Hugo generates robots.txt using an [embedded template].
+
+```text
+User-agent: *
+```
+
+Search engines that honor the Robots Exclusion Protocol will interpret this as permission to crawl everything on the site.
+
+## robots.txt template lookup order
+
+You may overwrite the internal template with a custom template. Hugo selects the template using this lookup order:
+
+1. `/layouts/robots.txt`
+1. `/themes/<THEME>/layouts/robots.txt`
+
+## robots.txt template example
+
+```text {file="layouts/robots.txt"}
+User-agent: *
+{{ range .Pages }}
+Disallow: {{ .RelPermalink }}
+{{ end }}
+```
+
+This template creates a robots.txt file with a `Disallow` directive for each page on the site. Search engines that honor the Robots Exclusion Protocol will not crawl any page on the site.
+
+> [!note]
+> To create a robots.txt file without using a template:
+>
+> 1. Set `enableRobotsTXT` to `false` in the site configuration.
+> 1. Create a robots.txt file in the `static` directory.
+>
+> Remember that Hugo copies everything in the [`static` directory][static] to the root of `publishDir` (typically `public`) when you build your site.
+
+[embedded template]: {{% eturl robots %}}
+[site configuration]: /configuration/
+[static]: /getting-started/directory-structure/