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# nosnippet: definition | Agent Ready Crawlers

> nosnippet: A robots meta directive that limits snippets. Apple applies it to opt content out of broad world knowledge answers.

Source: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/glossary/nosnippet
Site: Agent Ready Crawlers
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# nosnippet

In short

A robots meta directive that limits snippets. Apple applies it to opt content out of broad world knowledge answers. It works separately from Applebot-Extended, which governs training, so a page can use one control without the other. Related: Applebot profile and Applebot-Extended profile.

## Definition

A robots meta directive that limits snippets. Apple applies it to opt content out of broad world knowledge answers.

## Sourced example

Apple says nosnippet opts content out of being used in Siri and Search knowledge answers. [Source](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829), read 2026-11-04.

## How it shows up here

It works separately from Applebot-Extended, which governs training, so a page can use one control without the other.

-   [Applebot profile](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/applebot/)
-   [Applebot-Extended profile](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/crawlers/applebot-extended/)

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## Sources

-   [About Applebot](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829) read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-04