Copy and paste the rules below to block common bots from your site.
robots.txt
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /This works for cooperative bots that respect robots.txt. Some bots may ignore it.
Apache (.htaccess)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} GPTBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ClaudeBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} CCBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} PerplexityBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Perplexity-User [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]This is a stronger server-side block for Apache sites.