Verify BingPreview IP Address

Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Microsoft, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.

BingPreview is Microsoft’s rendering and compatibility crawler used to evaluate how webpages appear in browsers and Bing search features. It fetches pages to test layout, mobile responsiveness, JavaScript rendering, and visual elements. These checks help Bing understand how content will display in search results and improve snippet generation and ranking signals tied to user experience. Crawl activity is moderate and often concentrated on pages important to Bing’s index. Its purpose is to simulate real-browser behavior and refine Bing’s presentation quality. RobotSense.io verifies BingPreview using Microsoft’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine BingPreview traffic is identified.

This bot does not honor Crawl-Delay rule.

User Agent Examples

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36
	
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Mobile Safari/537.36  (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)
Example user agent strings for BingPreview

Robots.txt Configuration for BingPreview

Robots.txt User-Agent:BingPreview

Use this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target BingPreview.

Recommended Configuration

Our recommended robots.txt configuration for BingPreview:

User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /

Completely Block BingPreview

Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:

User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /

Completely Allow BingPreview

Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:

User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /

Block Specific Paths

Block this bot from specific directories or pages:

User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

Allow Only Specific Paths

Block everything but allow specific directories:

User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/

Set Crawl Delay

Limit how frequently BingPreview can request pages (in seconds):

User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10

Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.