# YandexScreenshotBot

> Takes a screenshot of a page. Documented as not taking the general robots.txt rules into account.

| field | value |
|---|---|
| operator | Yandex |
| category | Tools and frameworks |
| robots.txt token | `YandexScreenshotBot` |
| user-agent contains | `YandexScreenshotBot` |
| robots.txt | ignores the * group; obeys rules named for its own token |
| verify by | reverse DNS |
| published IP ranges | none published |
| prefixes mirrored | 0 IPv4 / 0 IPv6 |
| operator docs | https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/en/robot-workings/check-yandex-robots |
| last reviewed | 2026-09-01 |

## What blocking it costs you

Yandex surfaces that show a page thumbnail show nothing for you.

## Full user-agent string

```
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36 (compatible; YandexScreenshotBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)
```

## Block it

```
User-agent: YandexScreenshotBot
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it

```
User-agent: YandexScreenshotBot
Allow: /
```

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