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Noindex & Indexability Checker

Enter a URL to see whether Google is allowed to index it. The checker reads the five signals that decide it, in the order Google meets them — the HTTP status, robots.txt, the robots meta tag, the X-Robots-Tag header and the canonical link — and shows which one, if any, keeps the page out of search, with the fix.

It answers «can this page be indexed?», not «is it indexed?» — only Search Console's URL Inspection knows the second. Use it when a page won't show up in Google, after a migration, or before a launch to catch a forgotten noindex.

FreeNo signupChecks the live pageUpdated October 2026

Noindex & Indexability Checker

Our server fetches the public page you name and keeps no copy of it.
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The five signals that decide indexability

Google checks them in this order, and one red step is enough to keep a page out of search.

  • 200

    The page answers OK

    Only pages that answer 200 can be indexed. 404 and 410 drop out, lasting 5xx errors drop out, and a redirect hands over to its target.

  • Disallow

    robots.txt blocks crawling

    Google can't read the page. The bare URL may still appear in results if linked — and a noindex on it is never seen.

  • noindex

    Robots meta tag

    meta name="robots" content="noindex" in the HTML removes the page from Google at its next crawl.

  • X-Robots-Tag

    The same, in HTTP headers

    A noindex sent by the server or CDN. It's invisible in the page source, so it's the one people miss.

  • canonical

    Another URL is preferred

    A canonical pointing elsewhere tells Google to index that URL instead of this one.

  • JavaScript

    Content only after JavaScript

    Still indexable, but Google renders it later and most AI crawlers never do.

A page Google may index

  1. HTTP200
  2. robots.txtAllow
  3. meta robotsindex
  4. X-Robots-Tag—
  5. canonicalself
All five green: nothing stops indexing. Whether Google then indexes the page depends on its content and links.
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How it works

How to check if a page can be indexed

  1. 01

    Paste the URL

    Use the exact address you want in Google. If it redirects, the checker follows it and tests the final URL.

  2. 02

    Read the verdict

    Indexable, indexable with warnings, or not indexable — with the deciding signal highlighted in the flow.

  3. 03

    Fix the blocker

    Every red step comes with the fix: remove a noindex, narrow a robots.txt rule, repair the status code or point the canonical at the page itself.

  4. 04

    Ask Google to recrawl

    Once every step is green, request indexing for the URL in the URL Inspection tool in Search Console.

Honest notes

What this checker does and does not do

It tells you whether Google may index the page, not whether it has. A page can be indexable and still not indexed — Google chooses what to index based on quality and demand.

It reads directives for Googlebot: the robots and googlebot meta tags, X-Robots-Tag headers for all crawlers or for Googlebot, and the robots.txt group that applies to Googlebot. Rules aimed only at other crawlers are ignored here.

The page is fetched from our server with our own user agent, not as Googlebot, and without running JavaScript. A site that serves Googlebot differently, or adds a noindex with JavaScript, can answer differently.

Our server requests the public URL and its robots.txt, returns the result and keeps no copy.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I check if a page is noindex?

Enter the URL in the checker above. It reads the robots meta tag in the HTML and the X-Robots-Tag HTTP header — the two places a noindex can hide — and also checks robots.txt, the status code and the canonical. By hand: view the page source and search for «noindex», then look at the response headers on the Network tab of your browser's developer tools.

What is the difference between noindex and a robots.txt Disallow?

Disallow in robots.txt stops crawling: Google doesn't fetch the page, but it can still index the bare URL if other pages link to it. noindex stops indexing, but only if Google can crawl the page and read the tag. To keep a page out of Google, allow crawling and use noindex — never both at once.

Why isn't my page indexed if nothing blocks it?

Being allowed isn't the same as being chosen. Google may skip pages it treats as duplicates (it indexes the canonical instead), thin pages, or pages it hasn't got round to crawling. The page indexing report in Search Console gives the reason; strengthen the content and link to the page from your important pages.

Does a canonical tag stop a page from being indexed?

Not on its own, but it's a strong hint: when a page names another URL as canonical, Google usually indexes that URL and folds this one into it. A self-referencing canonical keeps the page as its own version.

What is the X-Robots-Tag header?

An HTTP response header that carries the same directives as the robots meta tag — noindex, nofollow, nosnippet — and works for any file, including PDFs and images. Because it's invisible in the page source, a noindex set there by a server or CDN rule is easy to miss; the checker reads it for you.

How long does Google take to index or drop a page after a fix?

Google picks up the change the next time it crawls the URL, which can take days or weeks. Requesting indexing in the URL Inspection tool in Search Console usually speeds it up; to hide a page urgently, use the Removals tool there.
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