# Recrawl

Category: [Crawling & Indexing](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/category/crawling-indexing/) › [Crawling & crawl budget](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/category/crawling-indexing/crawling-crawl-budget/) · Also known as: re-crawl, request a recrawl

A **recrawl** is a crawler fetching a URL it already knows again so that changes reach the index. Site owners can ask Google to do this, but Google does not guarantee when it happens.

## How do you ask Google to recrawl a page?

Google's documentation describes two ways:

- **URL Inspection tool** in Search Console, for a few URLs. It requires owner or full user permission for the property.
- **Sitemap**, for many URLs at once, for example after a relaunch or a site migration.

A request does not guarantee that a page is included in search results immediately or at all. Google gives a range of a few days to a few weeks. Individual URL requests are subject to a quota, and submitting the same URL repeatedly does not speed it up. Progress can be checked in the Page indexing report or with the URL Inspection tool.

## Example

The title of a category page was changed. The site owner inspects the URL in Search Console and requests indexing. It can take several days until the new title shows in search results.

## Common questions

**How long does a recrawl take?** Google states a few days to a few weeks.

**Can you force a recrawl?** No. Google treats a request as a prompt, not a command.

## Related terms

- [Request indexing](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/request-indexing/index.md)
- [Crawling](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/crawling/index.md)
- [XML sitemap](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/xml-sitemap/index.md)
- [lastmod](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/lastmod/index.md)
- [URL inspection tool](https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/url-inspection-tool/index.md)

## Sources

- [Ask Google to recrawl your website or URLs – Google Search Central](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/ask-google-to-recrawl)

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Last updated: October 7, 2026
URL: https://seo-geo-glossary.com/en/glossary/recrawl/