Enter any page URL for a complete noindex check. We test both the meta robots noindex tag and the X-Robots-Tag header, then tell you whether the page is indexable.
What is a noindex checker?
A noindex checker is a free tool that runs a complete noindex check on any URL. It's a noindex tag test and X-Robots-Tag header test in one — paste a URL to test noindex in seconds, no signup.
A complete noindex test — tag and header
A page can be set to noindex in two places: the <meta name="robots"> tag in the HTML, or the X-Robots-Tag HTTP header. Many tools only check one. This noindex testreads both, so you never miss a header-level directive that isn't visible in the page source.
Does noindex remove a page from Google?
Yes — once Google recrawls a page carrying a valid noindex, it drops it from the index. Important: the page must stay crawlable for Google to see the directive, so don't also block it in robots.txt — otherwise the noindex may never be read.
Noindex vs nofollow
noindex keeps a page out of the index; nofollowtells search engines not to pass equity through its links. They're independent, and this checker reports both — so you can tell an indexable-but-nofollow page from a fully blocked one.
How to use the noindex checker
Paste a page URL into the noindex checker above.
Click “Check Noindex” — we fetch the page and its headers.
Review the meta robots tag and X-Robots-Tag results and the overall verdict.
Add or remove the noindex directive as needed, then re-check.
A noindex checker is a free tool that fetches any URL and runs a complete noindex check — looking for both the <meta name="robots"> noindex tag in the HTML and the X-Robots-Tag noindex directive in the HTTP headers — then tells you whether the page is indexable. It's a noindex tag test and header test in one, no signup.
Paste the page URL into the noindex checker above and run it. We fetch the page and its headers, parse any robots directives from both sources, and report a clear verdict: indexable, blocked (noindex), or nofollow. That's the quickest way to test noindex on any page.
Both can set noindex. The meta robots tag lives in the page's HTML <head>; the X-Robots-Tag is an HTTP response header set by the server, so it can apply to non-HTML files (like PDFs) and is easy to miss because it isn't in the page source. Either one alone will keep a page out of the index — so this tool checks both.
Yes — once Google recrawls a page with a valid noindex, it drops it from the index. Note that the page must be crawlable for Google to see the noindex, so don't also block it in robots.txt, or the directive may never be read.
noindex stops a page from being indexed; nofollow tells search engines not to follow (pass equity through) the links on it. They're independent — this checker reports both, so a page can be indexable but nofollow, or fully blocked.
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