Does hiding a Squarespace page remove it from the sitemap?

Definition: As of October 2026, Squarespace's Hide page from search results setting removes the page from its sitemap, a file listing site URLs for search engines. Adding a noindex tag through code injection leaves the page in the sitemap; noindex instructs supporting search engines to exclude content from indexing.

Key facts

• Squarespace's search exclusion documentation distinguishes page settings, which remove the page from the sitemap, from code injection, which keeps it listed.
• Squarespace's sitemap guide states that sitemap updates after content changes usually appear within an hour and can take up to 24 hours.
• Google's noindex documentation requires crawler access to the page so Googlebot can read the directive.

Which setting removes the page from the sitemap?

Squarespace's page settings instructions describe the built-in method: open the Pages panel, open the page's settings, select the SEO tab, and switch on Hide page from search results. This adds a noindex tag and removes the page from the sitemap. The option is available on all plans.

Homepages and individual collection items lack this toggle. A collection page groups items such as products on a store page. Adding the tag to a collection page also tells search engines to exclude its items from search results.

What happens with code injection?

Squarespace's comparison of the methods explicitly says that a page stays in the sitemap when the tag is added through code injection. It provides this snippet for the Page header code injection field in page settings:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex">

Code injection supports homepages and requires a plan that includes the feature. The comparison lists Basic and Personal as plans without code injection. A sitemap listing can therefore coexist with this indexing directive on a Squarespace page.

How can the result be checked?

Squarespace's sitemap instructions give this address pattern, with the primary domain replacing the example domain:

https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

Open the sitemap and search for the affected page's URL. The site must be Public for the sitemap to load. Squarespace generates and updates this file automatically and provides no direct sitemap editor.

Separately, Google's debugging instructions recommend the URL Inspection tool to inspect the HTML received by Googlebot and check the noindex rule. Google must crawl the changed page to read the tag. A robots.txt block can prevent that access, so sitemap membership and Google's processing of the directive need separate checks.

Related terms

• How do I hide a Squarespace page from search results?
• How do I add noindex to a Squarespace homepage?
• Where is a Squarespace sitemap and what does it contain?
• noindex

FAQ

Does removing the page from the sitemap immediately remove it from Google?

Squarespace's search exclusion guide says changes appear in Google after the site is re-indexed or re-crawled. You should check Google's processing separately from the updated sitemap.

Does the setting also hide the page from Squarespace site search?

The same guide says both methods leave pages available in Squarespace's internal site search. You can use them to request exclusion from external search engines while the page remains searchable within the site.

Sources

1. Squarespace, "Hiding your site from search results", 22 May 2026
2. Squarespace, "View your site map", 7 July 2026
3. Google Search Central, "Block Search indexing with noindex", 10 December 2025

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