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title: "What Rankly reads of your site · Rankly"
description: "Search Console read-only, a Bing API key, your public pages and public AI answers: what Rankly reads, the access each needs and how to take it back."
url: https://rankly.cc/reads/
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# What Rankly reads of your site

Rankly only reads. It changes nothing on your site: each change it writes out is applied by you, your developer or your AI agent.

## What it reads, and how to take the access back

Source Access What it reads How to take it back

Google Search Console AccessRead-only. You sign in with Google and allow Rankly to read your Search Console. What it readsClicks, times shown, place and searches per page, your sitemaps, and which pages Google has indexed. How to take it backIn your Google account, under the apps with access to it, remove Rankly.

Bing Webmaster Tools AccessAn API key you make in Bing Webmaster Tools and paste into Rankly. What it readsClicks, times shown and searches per page, and which pages Bing has crawled. How to take it backIn Bing Webmaster Tools, under API access, make a new key. The old one stops working.

Your public pages AccessNone. Rankly reads them as any visitor would, under the name RanklyBot. What it readsEach page as it is served: its text, title, links and speed, and whether a change is live. How to take it backMail hello@rankly.cc and Rankly stops reading them.

AI answers and search results AccessNone. These are public. What it readsWhat AI assistants and search engines answer to the questions people in your field ask, and which sites they name. How to take it backNothing to remove on your side.

## What is kept

The figures above, each page as Rankly last read it, and every change with its dates and readings, while your site is on Rankly. Each site's data is kept apart, and never sold or shared.

## How to delete it

Mail [hello@rankly.cc](mailto:hello@rankly.cc) from the address you signed up with and name the site. Rankly stops reading it, deletes its data and writes back when that is done.

## Your email

The early-access form keeps your site's address and your email, only to write to you when your site's turn comes, until you join or say no. Your rights are on the [privacy page](https://rankly.cc/privacy/).