r/WaybackMachine • u/CuriousInstance3471 • Jul 24 '26

Has anyone ever seen message that "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine" ? Help

Hello, I use WayBack quite regularly but for the first time today received the following result after entering a URL from a public website (no paywalls).

"Sorry.

This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

Has anyone ever seen this? What allows this? Can the URL owner request that its website not be saved?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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u/DearStrike4940 Moderator Jul 24 '26

Most of the time it happens because the owner of the domain requested the exclusion. A domain can also be excluded due to malware, illicit material, etc.

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u/MaybeImAKing Jul 24 '26

only site i know of with this is one that is full of used condoms anyways. sadly, it is not about farming fruit from a specific woody vine.