{"id":9079,"date":"2020-02-29T05:03:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T05:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9079"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:22:40","slug":"learn-to-block-a-user-agent-in-a-htaccess-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/learn-to-block-a-user-agent-in-a-htaccess-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Block A User Agent in An .htaccess File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there is high traffic on your website from different IP addresses with one and the same User Agent, you can restrict them by blocking. For this, you need to edit your <em><strong>.htaccess<\/strong><\/em> file and add the below rules:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">RewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} UserAgentName [NC]\r\nRewriteRule .* - [F,L]<\/pre>\n<p>Here replace <em><strong>UserAgentName<\/strong><\/em> with the actual name of the User Agent. For example, for blocking a User Agent named <em><strong>Textbot<\/strong><\/em>, you should add the below code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">RewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Textbot [NC]\r\nRewriteRule .* - [F,L]<\/pre>\n<p>Add them at the start of the .htaccess file. For blocking more than one User Agent (e.g. named <em><strong>SCspider, Textbot<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>s2bot<\/strong><\/em>), add the below code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">RewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(SCspider|Textbot|s2bot).*$ [NC]\r\nRewriteRule .* - [F,L]<\/pre>\n<p>For blocking the requests from machines with missing User Agent, add the below rules in your .htaccess file:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^-?$\r\nRewriteRule ^ - [F]<\/pre>\n<p>In this way, you can clock a User Agent in an .htaccess file.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/change-document-root-using-htaccess-file\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How To Change Document Root Using .htaccess File?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/enable-password-protection-for-htaccess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steps to Enable Password Protection for .htaccess<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is high traffic on your website from different IP addresses with one and the same User Agent, you can restrict them by blocking. 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