Is there a way to exclude a specific page and its children from appearing in sitemap.xml?

[JonathanBurke]

I'm currently using Apache Sling Sitemap Module to generate the the sitemap.xml on my website. I was wondering if there is a way to exclude a specific parent page and its children from appearing in sitemap.xml? My website is fairly large and I would like to avoid having to manually add noindex to each individual child page. It would be great to be able to exclude child pages via code, or edit a configuration on the parent page... If anyone has any insight on this issue, it would be great to hear your solution.

[Mahedi_Sabuj · Accepted solution]

To exclude a specific parent page and its children from appearing in sitemap.xml, you need to configure Exclude Paths using the Apache Sling Sitemap - Scheduler. 

You need to Include the parent page path (excluding .html) within the Excluded Paths configuration in the Scheduler Config. Additionally, Enable the "Generate Sitemap" option in the Page Properties, as it works only when the path itself is a Sitemap Root. This action will remove child pages as well.

[kautuk_sahni]

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