Robots.txt help

[IceIcebaby]

Hi Moz Community,

Google is indexing some developer pages from a previous website where I currently work:

ddcblog.dev.examplewebsite.com/categories/sub-categories

Was wondering how I include these in a robots.txt file so they no longer appear on Google. Can I do it under our homepage GWT account or do I have to have a separate account set up for these URL types?

As always, your expertise is greatly appreciated,

-Reed

[KeriMorgret]

You'll want a separate account for that subdomain, and also put the robots.txt excluding that subdomain in that subdomain itself.

[LesleyPaone]

Can you not just add a htaccess password to the directory to keep the dev site up, but keep bots out?

[KeriMorgret]

The robots.txt would allow the OP to go back into GWT and request removal of the dev site from the index. Password protecting a dev site is usually a pretty good idea, too.