# Applebot

> Apple · search. Apple's crawler for Siri and Spotlight Suggestions. The separate token Applebot-Extended is used only to opt out of Apple-Intelligence training without losing search visibility.

_The AI Crawler Registry · /crawlers/applebot · [JSON](/api/crawlers/applebot) · [all The AI Crawler Registry](/crawlers)_

- **name:** Applebot
- **operator:** Apple
- **purpose:** search
- **ua_substring:** Applebot
- **robots_token:** Applebot
- **respects_robots:** yes
- **verify:** Apple publishes Applebot IP ranges and documents reverse-DNS verification; confirm the source IP resolves to an Apple-controlled host (see documentation_url).
- **notes:** Apple's crawler for Siri and Spotlight Suggestions. The separate token Applebot-Extended is used only to opt out of Apple-Intelligence training without losing search visibility.
- **canonical_name:** Applebot
- **user_agent_token:** Applebot
- **ua_full:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **bot_type:** search-index
- **bot_type_extension:** —
- **opt_out_mechanism:** robots.txt disallow (User-agent: Applebot); use Applebot-Extended to opt out of AI training only
- **published_ip_range_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **asn:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **reverse_dns_suffix:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **supports_web_bot_auth:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **signature_agent_domain:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **jwks_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **verification_methods:** published-IP-range, reverse-DNS
- **crawl_traffic_share:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **targeted_content_type:** HTML, text
- **documentation_url:** https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- **first_seen_date:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **last_verified_date:** 2026-07-06
- **block_vs_allow_recommendation:** conditional — powers Siri and Spotlight search; allow to be discoverable there, or use Applebot-Extended to opt out of training while keeping search.
- **citation_referral_value:** medium (feeds Siri and Spotlight surfaces)
- **cloudflare_verified_category:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **status:** active
- **triples:** ["Applebot","operated_by","Apple"], ["Applebot","has_bot_type","search-index"], ["Applebot","verified_via","published-IP-range"], ["Applebot","verified_via","reverse-DNS"]
- **attribute_sources:** {"claims":["user_agent_token","robots_token"],"source":"https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt","last_verified":"2026-07-06"}, {"claims":["operator","purpose","documentation_url","respects_robots"],"source":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829","last_verified":"2026-07-06"}