Content-use policy

Applebot-Extended

Controls whether Applebot-collected content can train Apple generative models.

Operated by Apple

PurposeContent-use policy

HTTP identifierNo separate HTTP user agent

IdentityPolicy control

THE SIGNAL

A policy, not a visit

There is no independent visit series for this policy. Do not count it as an active agent or installation.

Published robots.txt policy

Underlying crawler requests

Review your content-use choice without interpreting it as a search traffic change. Check Applebot separately for access failures.

How to identify it

This is a policy identifier, not a distinct HTTP crawler. Do not use it to infer visits from access logs.

How to check identity

Not a request identity: it is a policy applied to Applebot-collected content.

Access and robots.txt

A robots.txt content-use control. It does not crawl pages or exclude them from search.

Optional full-site opt-out. Merge with existing rules only if intended. robots.txt does not secure private content.

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

SourcesReviewed 2026-09-14

Identity and purpose are based on these sources. Analytics interpretation and suggested checks are Apostl guidance.

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