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Fix 'Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt'

Google found links to a URL that robots.txt blocks, so it indexed the bare URL without crawling it. It may show up in results with no description.

Decide what you want

You want it indexed: remove or narrow the Disallow rule that matches it. The checker shows the exact line.
You want it out of Google: remove the Disallow so Google can crawl it, then add <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> or an X-Robots-Tag: noindex header. Once it has dropped out, you can disallow it again if crawl budget matters.
It's junk (internal search, filters): it's often fine to leave as is. The warning is informational.

After fixing it, click "Validate fix" in Search Console. Validation can take days to weeks.

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