How to discourage search engines from indexing my site?

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  hannahrolak · Member · Jul 3, 2025 at 3:45 am

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  I tried this (see screenshot below), but on the Reading page I do not see “Discourage search engines from indexing this site.”

  

  Here is what the Reading page looks like.

  

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kaichicha · Member · Jul 3, 2025 at 5:09 am

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  Hi @hannahrolak,

  To discourage search engines from indexing your site, you’ll need to set the site to Public. Based on your screenshot, it looks like the site is currently set to Private.

  You can follow the step-by-step instructions here to update your settings:
  Discourage search engines

  Let me know if you have any other questions—I’m happy to help!