Applebot-Extended
Apple's AI training crawler.
- Operator
- Apple
- In the user agent
- does not appear
- robots.txt token
Applebot-Extended- Follows robots.txt
- says it follows robots.txt
- Official documentation
- support.apple.com
- Checked on
- 2026-11-04
What is Applebot-Extended?
Applebot-Extended is Apple's AI training crawler. It collects pages that may be used to train AI models. A visit does not answer anyone right now; it decides what future models know about you.
The operator's description: robots.txt token controlling use of crawled data to train Apple's foundation models; does not crawl.
(support.apple.com)
How do I block or allow Applebot-Extended?
With robots.txt, using the token Applebot-Extended. Apple says it follows robots.txt. This token exists only in robots.txt: it never appears in requests, so it does not show up in logs. To block the whole site:
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /To allow it, use Allow instead of Disallow. Before blocking, weigh what it brings: blocking does not remove you from AI search, but future models will know less about you.
How do I see whether Applebot-Extended visits my site?
Applebot-Extended does not identify itself in the user agent; it looks like an ordinary browser. It can only be recognised by its signature or by the addresses its operator publishes, which is what Knocklog checks.
How do I know it is really Applebot-Extended?
Apple does not publish a way to verify Applebot-Extended. Any program can use that name, so Knocklog shows these visits as “unverified”, never as genuine.
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