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Exclude a page from your sites' search

Please note: You will only need to do this if you have search functionality on your site and there is a specific file(s) you do not want to appear in the search. 

If you do not want a page to be indexed on search engines, scroll down to see our guide on how to exclude a page from being index on search engines.

Select the page you wish to exclude from search from the page tree. Click the edit icon.

Screenshot of TYPO3's Backend in Page view highlighting the edit icon

Go into the Search tab. Using the toggle you can exclude the page from search.

Please note: By default, all pages are included in the sites search. 

Screenshot of the Search tab inside a page

Click Save, then click Close.

Exclude a page from being indexed on search engines

As above, navigate to the page you wish to exclude and edit the page. Go into the SEO tab and under Robot instructions, toggle "Index this page" to exclude the page from being indexed on search engines.

Please note: By default, all pages are indexed.

 

Screenshot of the SEO tab inside a page highlighting the Robot instructions

Click Save, then click Close.

See our guide on adding SEO to your pages for further guidance.