How do I edit robots.txt in Wix?

Definition: A robots.txt file gives crawlers instructions about which URLs they may access. As of October 2026, Wix provides a Robots.txt Editor in the site's SEO & GEO dashboard for editing and saving custom crawling rules.

Key facts

• Wix's editing documentation places the Robots.txt Editor under Tools and settings and requires Save Changes, followed by Save.
• Google's robots.txt creation guide groups crawling rules under a User-agent line identifying the crawler concerned.
• Google's robots.txt introduction explains that a blocked URL can still appear in search results when other pages link to it.

Where are custom rules entered and saved?

The sequence in Wix's Robots.txt Editor instructions is:

1. Open SEO & GEO in the site's dashboard.
2. Scroll to Tools and settings.
3. Select Robots.txt Editor, then View File.
4. Edit the directives under This is your current file.
5. Select Save Changes, then Save.

The final Save completes the documented sequence.

What does a custom rule look like?

A directive is an instruction within the file. Google's rule examples include this group:

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /nogooglebot/

User-agent identifies the crawler to which the group applies. Disallow specifies a path excluded from crawling. In this example, Googlebot is instructed not to crawl URLs beginning with /nogooglebot/. This is Google's sample path, which needs replacing with the intended path when adapting the rule to a Wix site.

The same guide states that path matching is case-sensitive: a rule for /file.asp differs from one for /FILE.asp. Reviewing capitalization is therefore part of checking a custom exclusion.

How can the saved file be checked?

Google's testing instructions recommend opening the public file in a private browsing window. The address follows this pattern:

https://example.com/robots.txt

The site's domain replaces example.com. Viewing the returned text allows comparison with the intended rules. Google also identifies the robots.txt report in Search Console as a tool for investigating markup issues in an already accessible file.

Wix's saving guidance says search engines refresh their cached copy when they next crawl the site. The public file and a search engine's stored copy can therefore reflect changes at different times.

Related terms

• robots.txt
• robots.txt User-agent directive
• robots.txt Disallow directive
• How do I reset Wix's robots.txt file?

FAQ

Do I need to save twice?

Yes. Wix's editing documentation specifies Save Changes and then Save after you enter the directives.

Can I use Disallow to remove a page from Google?

A disallowed URL can still appear in Google if other pages link to it. Google's robots.txt introduction identifies password protection or noindex, an instruction excluding a page from indexing, as methods for keeping a page out of search results.

Sources

1. Wix Help Center, "Editing Your Site’s Robots.txt File", undated
2. Google, "How to write and submit a robots.txt file", 21 November 2025
3. Google Search Central, "Introduction to robots.txt", 10 December 2025

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