Using the Sitemap Cleaner application is easy 😉
- To access the Sitemap cleaner application, connect to our EdgeSEO solution solution, then click on the app.
- Click on the "Add Sitemap" button.
- Add your sitemap URL in the "Sitemap" field.
- Configure options to remove URLs from your sitemaps:
- If you check the 5xx option, we'll remove URLs with status codes 500, 504 or 503 from your sitemaps.
- If you check the 301 option, we'll remove from your sitemaps any URLs with a 301 status code.
- If you check the 404 option, we'll remove URLs with a 404 status code from your sitemaps.
- Plan your sitemap cleanup.
- Select the days of the week on which your sitemap will be cleaned.
- Select the cleaning time.
- Click on the "Save" button.
- After the first cleanup, the sitemap can be accessed from the home page by clicking on the name-sitemap.xml (cleaned) link.
- Now all you have to do is submit the new sitemap to Search Console.