Method 1: Decline AI training bots

<aside> ℹ️ Note: This method does not prevent bots from training on your content. However, bots from legitimate, reputable companies will usually respect the rules specified in your robots.txt file.

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1.a. Open your website’s robots.txt file in a text editor.

• This file should be in your website’s root directory – this is the main folder of your website, where the index.html file lives
• If there is no such file, create one in a text editor and name it robots.txt

1.b. Add the following rules to your robots.txt file

To decline all bots, add the text below:

<aside> ⚠️ Warning: Disallowing all bots may make it difficult or impossible for people to discover your website or specific pages on your website via search engine.

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User-agent: *
Disallow: /