Can I exclude pages from the site map without using an app?

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Answer from @g33kgirl is correct but doing so via the Admin API can be technically challenging.

There are two easier ways to manage this other than directly interfacing with the API.

  1. Use a metafields app. I know off the top of my head that Accentuate Custom Fields has a built in setting to control the seo/hidden interger flag from a control panel

  2. Use the Shopify bulk editor with a metafield URL string like: https://your-store.myshopify.com/admin/bulk?resource_name=Product&edit=metafields.seo.hidden

    • or select your Products, then fire up bulk editor, then add the bolded bit to the bulk edit URL
    • you’ll need to set the value 1 for any products you want hidden

This field will do the following:

  • remove the product URLs from the sitemap.xml structure
  • hide the products from internal site search
  • add NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW tags to the pages
  • leave the pages live

Can I ask why you’re trying to do this? Might be a different/better approach to the same end goal.

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