In short. Add the robots noindex meta tag to the homepage’s Page Header Code Injection field, save it, and verify the published HTML with URL Inspection.
Definition: Adding
noindexto a Squarespace homepage means inserting a robots meta tag in its HTML head to request exclusion from search indexes. As of 17 October 2026, Squarespace documents Page Header Code Injection for homepages, which lack the Hide page from search results toggle.
Key facts
- Squarespace's search exclusion documentation provides a
noindexsnippet for the homepage's page header code injection field. - Squarespace's code injection guide says page header code goes into that page's
<head>; the site-wide Header field adds code to every page. - Google's noindex documentation requires the page to remain accessible to its crawler so it can read the rule.
Where does the code go?
Squarespace's page settings reference places Page Header Code Injection in the Advanced tab. Code injection settings require a computer. The homepage setup follows this path:
- Open the Pages panel and hover over the homepage title.
- Click the gear icon, then Advanced.
- Paste the following tag into Page Header Code Injection.
- Click Save to publish the change.
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
The snippet comes from Squarespace's search exclusion guide. Use the homepage's own settings for this page-specific instruction. The code injection guide explains that the separate site-wide Header field inserts its contents into every page's head, extending the instruction across the site.
Which plans and page types support this method?
Squarespace's search exclusion guide lists code injection for Core, Plus, Advanced, Business, Commerce Basic, and Commerce Advanced plans. Its comparison table excludes Basic and Personal. Downgrading to a plan without code injection automatically disables it.
With code injection, the page stays in the sitemap, the site's list of page URLs. On a collection page, such as a blog homepage, the tag also tells search engines to exclude its collection items, including blog posts.
The code injection guide identifies a version-specific exception: on version 7.0, injected code does not appear on Index landing pages. An Index homepage therefore needs particular attention during verification.
How is the published tag checked?
Google's noindex debugging guidance recommends the URL Inspection tool in Search Console, Google's search monitoring service, to examine the HTML Googlebot receives. Googlebot is Google's web crawler. Inspect the published homepage and check that its HTML head contains the tag shown above.
Google also documents the Page Indexing report for monitoring pages where its crawler extracts a noindex rule. The crawler must revisit the page after the tag is added; a recrawl can be requested through URL Inspection.
A robots.txt file controls crawler access. Blocking the homepage there prevents Googlebot from reading the tag, so crawl access is part of this check.
Related terms
- noindex
- How do I hide a Squarespace page from search results?
- Does hiding a Squarespace page remove it from the sitemap?
- Can Google read noindex on a page blocked by robots.txt?
FAQ
Does adding noindex hide the homepage from visitors?
Squarespace's search exclusion guide describes search exclusion while keeping content available to visitors. It also says the tag leaves pages eligible for the site's internal search.
Why does Google still show my homepage after I save?
Google's debugging guidance says it must crawl the page again to see the tag. You can use URL Inspection to check the received HTML and request a recrawl.
Should I paste the tag into the site-wide Header field?
For homepage-only exclusion, use Page Header Code Injection in the homepage's settings. Squarespace's code injection guide says the site-wide Header field inserts code on every page.
Sources
- Squarespace, "Hiding your site from search results", 22 May 2026
- Squarespace, "Customize parts of your site with code injection", 16 September 2026
- Squarespace, "Page settings", 19 February 2026
- Google Search Central, "Block Search indexing with noindex", 10 December 2025
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