Exclude sites from indexing

  • Versão de lançamento: Australia
  • Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
  • 1 min. de leitura

    • Index sites and subsites selectively by excluding some URLs and subsites, which have confidential information.

    Antes de Iniciar

    Specify a list of subsites that you want to exclude from the SharePoint Online Search Connector indexing. Work with a Microsoft SharePoint administrator to understand the set of sites to exclude from indexing.

    Role required: AI search administrator

    Procedimento

    1. Navigate to SharePoint Online Search Connector > SharePoint Connectors.
    2. Click New.
    3. Follow the instructions Index sites for search.
    4. Specify the URLs list in the Exclude Subsites field.
      Nota:
      Specify the complete URLs and not relative URLs. You can add multiple sites with | as a separator.

    Resultado

    These URLs are not indexed by the AI Search and are not displayed in the search results.

    O que Fazer Depois

    Remove Index: Select the indexed site and click Remove Index to remove the site from indexing. On success, all the sites, drivers, and files are removed from the respective tables and the connector is updated to read only with the Deleted status.