Keep a group of pages out of search
An exclusion keeps out every page whose web address contains a pattern you choose. Capital letters do not matter. Use it for a whole section, such as every address containing /Archive/.
Check the pattern carefully. It matches anywhere in the address. A short pattern can catch far more pages than you meant, including pages that exist nowhere else in search.
Add an exclusion
- Go to Crawls and find Exclusions.
- Type the pattern in the box. Before anything is saved, the screen shows how many of your pages in search it matches, with examples.
- If the matches are what you intended, click Add exclusion. From the next crawl, matching pages are no longer picked up.
- To also take out matching pages already in search, click Remove already-indexed matches.
Some patterns are there from set-up, marked default, such as sign-in, cart and account pages. You can remove them, but check with us first.
Undo an exclusion
Click the ✕ on the pattern to remove it. Pages it removed come back after the next overnight run. To bring one page back sooner, use Restore on the Documents screen.