Bingbot User-Agent & Blocking Rules

Operated by Microsoft

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What is Bingbot?

Bingbot is the standard web crawler for Microsoft's Bing search engine. It allows your website to appear in Bing search results and powers search experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem.

Owner Microsoft
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Test if Bingbot can access your URL

Enter URL to test if Bingbot is allowed or blocked.

https://
Bingbot is  ...

Is Bingbot Safe?

Yes, Bingbot is considered safe.

This bot is verified and generally respected by the SEO community.

For more information about our safety badges, visit our documentation.

User-Agent String used by Bingbot

bingbot

How to Block Bingbot?

Add the following standard robots.txt rule to prevent Bingbot from accessing your site.

User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /