# Disallow Indexing for Content Items

This article will walk you through how to exclude a specific piece of content from being indexed in search engines. To achieve this, you'll need to:

1. Set `noindex` value for `robots` meta tag when adding or editing the content
2. Prevent the content from being added to the XML sitemap

So let's see below how we can achieve this:

### 1. Set `noindex` value for `robots` meta tag when adding or editing the content

1. Navigate to any content for example filter the content page with Landing page
2. Edit a certain Landing page
3. From the right hand side look for “Simple XML Sitemap” section.
4. Open ***Simple XML Sitemap*** section and go to the "Default" tab.
5. Check on "Do not index this Landing page (Layout Builder) entity in sitemap Default."

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/0NVNo0YmQjrLSa4Sn1ic/blobs/NRVfBofsDpbCZpmDktEz/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Simple XML Sitemap Section Options</p></figcaption></figure>

### 2. Prevent the content from being added to the XML sitemap

Setting the `noindex` value for `robots` meta tag will prevent search engines from indexing the page. However, the page can still be included in the XML sitemap. This means that you risk getting an error "**Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt**" from the search engine console (.i.e Google Search Console).

To prevent/fix this warning from happening, you'll need to exclude this page from your site's XML sitemap.

1. Navigate to any content for example filter the content page with Basic page
2. Edit a the content you want to exclude from XML sitemap
3. Look for “**Simple XML Sitemap**” and click the item that can be located in the sidebar

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/0NVNo0YmQjrLSa4Sn1ic/blobs/VTqRsqUfihtxA4domtZk/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Xml Sitemap Section When Adding/Editing Content</p></figcaption></figure>

4. You will see two options, “Do not index this basic page” or by default, it is selected “Index this”

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/0NVNo0YmQjrLSa4Sn1ic/blobs/xlqUx8Tgcfr5az944CFR/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Xml Sitemap Section Options</p></figcaption></figure>

5. To exclude this page from being indexed please select “**Do not index this Basic page entity in variant Default**”