Free SEO Tools
Noindex Checker
Enter a URL to check for noindex and nofollow directives and see exactly where each one is set.
About this tool
A page can set noindex/nofollow via either a meta robots tag or the X-Robots-Tag HTTP header — this shows exactly which one applies. For a broader indexability checklist including HTTP status, canonical, and robots.txt, use the Indexability Checker.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Where can noindex be set?
- Either in a meta robots tag or the X-Robots-Tag HTTP response header — this tool checks both and shows which one applies.
- What if both are set?
- Either one alone is enough to trigger noindex; the tool reports both sources for full transparency.
- Does noindex remove a page from search immediately?
- It signals a page shouldn't be indexed, but removal timing depends on when it's next crawled.