Powers Spotlight, Siri and Safari search. Training use is governed by the separate Applebot-Extended token.
Almost never block
Applebot builds and refreshes the index behind Apple's AI answers. Blocking it is the most expensive mistake in AI SEO: you disappear from Apple citations while your training decision stays completely separate.
If you need to protect specific sections (pricing, docs), use path-scoped rules instead of a blanket Disallow: /.
User-agent: Applebot Allow: /
User-agent: Applebot Disallow: /
Official source Operator documentation — last verified against operator docs 2026-09-12
https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
"Should you block it?" below is our own interpretation, not the operator's recommendation.
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