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Applebot-Extended

Apple
Directory statusActive
Last updatedSep 20, 2026

Overview

Applebot-Extended is a robots.txt control token from Apple that affects permitted use of Applebot-crawled data. Apple states that Applebot-Extended does not crawl webpages.

Profile

Operator
Apple
Classification
Control Token
Verification
Verified
Last verified
Aug 7, 2026
Common Use
Applebot-Extended is a robots.txt control token that tells Apple whether content already crawled by Applebot may be used for specified generative-AI model purposes. It does not crawl webpages.
Company
Apple
Confidence
High
Family
Apple
Identity Type
control-token
Kind
robots-control
Purpose
ai-training-control
Respects Robots
yes