Question
Should I allow Applebot-Extended?
Allow Applebot-Extended if you are comfortable with your content training Apple Intelligence; block it to opt out of generative training while keeping Siri and Spotlight via regular Applebot. It has no effect on Apple's search features either way.
How to decide
- Visibility-first / neutral on training: allow it.
- Publisher protecting content: block it; you keep Siri and Spotlight.
- Unsure: blocking is low-risk because search is unaffected.
robots.txt to opt out of training only
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /Related pages: what is Applebot-Extended, should I allow Google-Extended, should I allow GPTBot.