# Is Robots.txt created when publishing?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 9, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487 "2025-05-09T11:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![numericcitizen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/numericcitizen/32/26930_2.png) [@numericcitizen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/numericcitizen)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487/1 "2025-05-09T11:04:17Z")

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Is the robots.txt file created and accessible somewhere from [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/)?

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**Author:** ![numericcitizen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/numericcitizen/32/26930_2.png) [@numericcitizen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/numericcitizen)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487/2 "2025-05-09T11:12:49Z")

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Just found out the Robots settings but using PageSpeed Insights against my website, the tool says that my Robots.txt file is malformed. Here is a [screenshot](https://cloud.numericcitizen.me/Tb3Tnlz0).

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487/3 "2025-05-09T11:21:17Z")

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> [@numericcitizen](#):
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> Is the robots.txt file created and accessible somewhere from [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/)?

[Elements](https://elementsapp.io/) does not create a robots.txt file by default, but you can easily create one in [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/). Here’s how:

> [@numericcitizen](#):
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> Just found out the Robots settings but using PageSpeed Insights against my website, the tool says that my Robots.txt file is malformed. Here is a [screenshot](https://cloud.numericcitizen.me/Tb3Tnlz0).

It looks like it is scanning your HTML page, not a robots.txt file.

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**Author:** ![ticknerdesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ticknerdesign/32/33805_2.png) [@ticknerdesign](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ticknerdesign)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/is-robots-txt-created-when-publishing/47487/4 "2026-01-19T19:03:03Z")

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I am having the exact same problem. What is the solution?