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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does ikea.com block AI crawlers?

Yes. ikea.com’s robots.txt blocks 1 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including Amazonbot. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotAllowedOAI-SearchBotAllowedClaudeBotAllowedPerplexityBotAllowedGoogle-ExtendedAllowedCCBotAllowed
robots.txt
www.ikea.com/robots.txt · 144 lines
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Checked
9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
GooglebotGoogleAllowedno rule matches the home page
BingbotMicrosoftAllowedno rule matches the home page
DuckDuckBotDuckDuckGoAllowedno rule matches the home page
ApplebotAppleAllowedno rule matches the home page
PetalBotHuaweiAllowedno rule matches the home page
YandexBotYandexAllowedno rule matches the home page
BaiduspiderBaiduAllowedno rule matches the home page

AI search

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
OAI-SearchBotOpenAIAllowedno rule matches the home page
PerplexityBotPerplexityAllowedno rule matches the home page
Claude-SearchBotAnthropicAllowedno rule matches the home page
DuckAssistBotDuckDuckGoAllowedno rule matches the home page
AmazonbotAmazonBlockedline 44 · Disallow: / under User-agent: Amazonbot
YouBotYou.comAllowedno rule matches the home page

AI training

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
GPTBotOpenAIAllowedno rule matches the home page
ClaudeBotAnthropicAllowedno rule matches the home page
Google-ExtendedGoogleAllowedno rule matches the home page
CCBotCommon CrawlAllowedno rule matches the home page
Applebot-ExtendedAppleAllowedno rule matches the home page
GoogleOtherGoogleAllowedno rule matches the home page
Meta-ExternalAgentMetaAllowedno rule matches the home page
BytespiderByteDanceAllowedno rule matches the home page

User-triggered fetchers

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
ChatGPT-UserOpenAIAllowedno rule matches the home page
Claude-UserAnthropicAllowedno rule matches the home page
Perplexity-UserPerplexityAllowedno rule matches the home page
MistralAI-UserMistralAllowedno rule matches the home page
Meta-ExternalFetcherMetaAllowedno rule matches the home page

SEO tools

BotOperatorrobots.txtDeciding line
AhrefsBotAhrefsAllowedno rule matches the home page
SemrushBotSemrushAllowedno rule matches the home page
MJ12botMajesticAllowedno rule matches the home page
DotBotMozAllowedno rule matches the home page
View www.ikea.com/robots.txt · 144 lines
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17# @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
18
19#
20# Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Fancy joining our mission at IKEA?
21#
22# Check out our jobs at the link below:
23#
24# https://jobs.ikea.com/en
25
26User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
27Allow: /*-fragment.html
28Allow: /ext/
29Allow: *filters=*
30Allow: */monthlyfragments/*
31Allow: */gcbalance/*
32
33User-Agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
34Allow: /*-fragment.html
35Allow: /ext/
36Allow: *filters=*
37Allow: */monthlyfragments/*
38Allow: */gcbalance/*
39
40User-agent: AmazonProductDiscoverybot
41Disallow: /
42
43User-agent: Amazonbot
44Disallow: /
45
46User-agent: *
47Disallow: */search/?q=*
48Disallow: */search/products/?q=*
49Disallow: */search/content/?q=*
50Disallow: */search/?category=*
51Disallow: */search/all/?q=*
52Disallow: /compare*
53Disallow: *?filter=*
54Disallow: *?priceFilter*
55Disallow: *?sorting=*
56Disallow: *&sorting=*
57Disallow: *?storeId=*
58Disallow: /catalog/packagepopup/
59Disallow: /iows/
60Disallow: *OrderItemDisplay*
61Disallow: *StockAvailSearchForm*
62Disallow: *preferedui=desktop*
63Disallow: /catalog/productAlternative/
64Disallow: *bvroute=Review*
65Disallow: *bvtab*
66Disallow: *bvrrp*
67Disallow: /retail/
68Disallow: *?krypto=*
69Disallow: */ideas/tags/
70Disallow: *compare=*
71Disallow: *krypto=*
72Disallow: *max_price=*
73Disallow: *maxprice=*
74Disallow: *min_price=*
75Disallow: *minprice=*
76Disallow: *OrderItemDisplay=*
77Disallow: *partNumber=*
78Disallow: *preferedui=*
79Disallow: *priceFilter=*
80Disallow: *printView=*
81Disallow: *productid=*
82Disallow: *range_chapter=*
83Disallow: *range_subcategory=*
84Disallow: *StockAvailSearchForm=*
85Disallow: *tblang=*
86Disallow: *catalogId=*
87Disallow: /se/sv/sok/?q=*
88Disallow: /*-fragment.html
89Disallow: /*-fragment-recursive.html
90Disallow: /*-fragment-dynamic.html
91Disallow: /*-fragment/
92Disallow: /*-fragment-recursive/
93Disallow: */fragments/*
94Disallow: /*-fragments/*
95Disallow: */energy-fragments/*
96Disallow: */navigation/
97Disallow: /products/container.html
98Disallow: */rl/
99Disallow: *productId=*
100Disallow: */browse-history/
101Disallow: */shoppingcart/
102Disallow: */order/
103Disallow: */energy-services/web/modules/*
104Disallow: */3daas-rotera/*
105Disallow: */global/assets/rotera/*
106Disallow: */watch/*
107Disallow: */cart/*
108Disallow: */favourites/*
109Disallow: */profile/*
110Disallow: */checkout/*
111Disallow: */ikea-family/home-project-planner/*
112Disallow: */ramavtal/*
113Disallow: */buyback/*
114Disallow: */asisonline/*
115Disallow: */asisonline
116Disallow: */nudge/*
117Disallow: */ces/web/modules/*
118Disallow: *filters=*
119Disallow: */apply-for-finance/fragments/simulator/
120Disallow: */electricity-app/
121Disallow: */watch-fragments/*
122Disallow: */editorial-components/*
123Disallow: */monthlyfragments/*
124Disallow: */gcbalance/*
125Disallow: */home-design/share/*
126Disallow: */ikea-family/cancel-signup/
127Disallow: */returns/*?*&liteToken=
128Disallow: */returns/*?liteToken=
129Disallow: */returns/*?ref=
130Disallow: */returns/*?*&ref=
131Disallow: */hri-fragments/*
132Disallow: */business-store/*
133Disallow: */rewards-experience/*
134Disallow: */energy-insights/*
135Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
136Disallow: */recommendations/*
137Disallow: /m3/*
138Disallow: /global/api/episod/collect
139Allow: */recommendations/*.js
140Allow: */recommendations/*.css
141Allow: */ces/web/modules/*.css
142
143Sitemap: https://www.ikea.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
144

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what ikea.com asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

Questions

Does ikea.com block GPTBot?

No. ikea.com’s robots.txt lets GPTBot crawl the site. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ikea.com block ClaudeBot?

No. ikea.com’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ikea.com block Google-Extended?

No. ikea.com’s robots.txt lets Google-Extended crawl the site. Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does ikea.com block PerplexityBot?

No. ikea.com’s robots.txt lets PerplexityBot crawl the site. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find ikea.com?

Yes. ikea.com’s robots.txt lets OAI-SearchBot crawl the site. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.