X-Robots-Tag Header
Reads the X-Robots-Tag HTTP response header sent by the server. This header can block indexing even for non-HTML resources like PDFs and images that cannot contain meta tags.
Noindex Checker
Check whether any URL is blocked from Google indexing. Instantly detects noindex directives in the X-Robots-Tag HTTP header, meta robots tag, and googlebot meta tag, plus the canonical URL.
Guide
How to Check If a Page Is Noindexed
1
Enter the Page URL
Paste any webpage URL into the input field.
2
Click Check Indexability
Click Check Indexability and the tool reads robots and X-Robots tags.
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Review the Results
See whether Google can index the page and the canonical URL detected.
Catch Pages Accidentally Hidden from Google
One forgotten noindex tag can wipe a key page from Google overnight. The checker reads X-Robots headers, meta robots tags, and the canonical URL, so you know in seconds whether a page is genuinely indexable.
Run it after every plugin update or theme switch where staging defaults sometimes leak into production.
Benefits
What Our Noindex Checker Detects
Meta Robots & Googlebot Tags
Scans the HTML for meta name="robots" and meta name="googlebot" tags. Both are checked for noindex, nofollow, and other directives that affect how Google crawls and indexes the page.
Canonical URL Detection
Also extracts the canonical URL declared in the page head. A self-referencing canonical confirms the page is the preferred version; a different canonical signals content consolidation.
Googlebot User-Agent
The tool fetches the page using a Googlebot user-agent string, so you see the same headers and meta tags that Google actually receives when it crawls the URL.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about noindex directives and how to check if a page is blocked from Google.
What does noindex mean?
A noindex directive tells search engines not to include the page in their index. It can be set via an HTTP response header (X-Robots-Tag: noindex) or an HTML meta tag (<meta name="robots" content="noindex">). Google respects both and will eventually drop noindexed pages from search results even if they were previously indexed.
What is the difference between noindex and disallow in robots.txt?
A robots.txt Disallow prevents the crawler from fetching the page but does not remove it from the index, Google can still index the URL if other sites link to it. A noindex directive is read from the page itself and explicitly removes it from the index. For complete removal, use noindex rather than robots.txt disallow.
My page is not in Google but this tool says it is indexable, why?
Indexability is a prerequisite but not a guarantee of indexing. Other factors include: the page is new and not yet crawled, it has thin or duplicate content, it has very few inbound links, or it is blocked by robots.txt preventing Googlebot from even reading the noindex directive. Use Google Search Console for a definitive crawl status check.
Can I check pages on any website?
Yes. The tool fetches any publicly accessible URL. Pages behind login walls, authentication, or that return non-200 responses for external requests may not return complete results. The tool always shows the HTTP status code so you can diagnose access issues.