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Robots.txt file content for thetimes.co.uk.

Robot.txt file for: thetimes.co.uk

      # This is the robots.txt file for thetimes.com
# The Times does not permit the unlicensed use of our content for large language models. Contact enquiries@newslicensing.com for assistance

User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.thetimes.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
Disallow: /login.thetimes.com/user/logout
Disallow: /feeds.thetimes.com/puzzles/
Disallow: /feeds.thetimes.com/timescrossword/
Disallow: /archive/page/*
Disallow: /archive/article/*
Disallow: /interactives/*
Disallow: /*?s=* 
Disallow: /*&s=* 
Disallow: /*?p=*
Disallow: /*?filter=*
Allow: /past-six-days/$
Allow: /past-six-days$
Disallow: /past-six-days/*
Disallow: /topic/bbc
Disallow: /tto/*
Disallow: /player/brightcove/
Disallow: /my-articles
Disallow: /my-articles/
Disallow: /edition/null/
Disallow: /goto
Disallow: /?region=
Disallow: /?_ga
Disallow: /?CMP
Disallow: /?ExternalDataReference
Disallow: /article/category/
Disallow: /article/this-article-has-been-deleted*
Disallow: /article/this-article-has-been-removed*
Disallow: /article/this-article-is-no-longer-available*
Disallow: /search?*
#Agent Specific Disallowed Sections
User-agent: NewsNow
Disallow: /
User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebVac
Disallow: /
User-agent: WebZip
Disallow: /
User-agent: psbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meltwater
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
User-Agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PiplBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: anthropic-aiBytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /
User-agent: news-please
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /