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Applebot-Extended

Class
Control token
robots.txt
Says it honours robots.txt
Disallow it to opt out of foundation-model training while staying in Apple search.
Evidence
Confirmed from operator documentation
Source

How it works

No request will ever arrive with this name. It exists only as a robots.txt token, so blocking it at a firewall does nothing.

Blocking it

robots.txt
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

Last reviewed Nov 2, 2026