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Asked: 2026-05-22T23:55:05+00:00

I would like to hide some content from public (like google cached pages). Is

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I would like to hide some content from public (like google cached pages). Is it possible?

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    Option 1: Disable ‘Show Cached Site’ Link In Google Search Results

    If you want to prevent google from archiving your site, add the following meta tag to your section:

    <meta name="robots" content="noarchive">

    If your site is already cached by Google, you can request its removal using Google’s URL removal tool. For more instructions on how to use this tool, see “Remove a page or site from Google’s search results” at Google Webmaster Central.

    Option 2: Remove Site From Google Index Completely

    Warning! The following method will remove your site from Google index completely. Use it only if you don’t want your site to show up in Google results.

    To prevent (“protect”) your site from getting to Google’s cache, you can use robots.txt. For instructions on how to use this file, see “Block or remove pages using a robots.txt file”.

    In principle, you need to create a file named robots.txt and serve it from your site’s root folder (/robots.txt). Sample file content:

    User-agent: *
Disallow: /folder1/

User-Agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /folder2/

    In addition, consider setting robots meta tag in your HTML document to noindex (“Using meta tags to block access to your site”):

    • To prevent all robots from indexing your site, set <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
    • To selectively block only Google, set <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">

    Finally, make sure that your settings really work, for instance with Google Webmaster Tools.

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