What is an XML sitemap?
An XML sitemap is a structured file that helps search engines discover the URLs you want crawled. It can include metadata like lastmod, changefreq, and priority, although search engines decide how they use those signals.
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Free XML Sitemap URL Extractor
Extract URLs from XML sitemaps, sitemap indexes, and .xml.gz files.
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Why extract URLs from a sitemap?
Extracting sitemap URLs helps with technical SEO audits, migrations, crawl comparisons, content inventories, redirect mapping, and indexability checks. It gives you a clean list of pages your site is submitting to search engines.
How this XML sitemap extractor works
Enter a public sitemap URL and the Selnox tool fetches it server-side, parses sitemap indexes and URL sets, decompresses .xml.gz files, removes duplicate URLs, and prepares export-ready results.
Common sitemap issues to check
Look for redirected URLs, blocked URLs, noindex pages, canonical mismatches, outdated lastmod values, non-200 pages, HTTP URLs on HTTPS sites, and thin or duplicate pages that should not be submitted.
XML sitemap best practices
Keep sitemaps clean, include only canonical indexable URLs, update lastmod only when content meaningfully changes, split large websites into focused child sitemaps, and submit the sitemap in Google Search Console.
XML Sitemap URL Extractor FAQs
What is an XML sitemap?
An XML sitemap is a file that lists important website URLs so search engines can discover and crawl them more efficiently.
What is a sitemap index?
A sitemap index is a parent XML file that points to multiple child sitemaps, often used by large websites to organize many URLs.
Can this tool extract URLs from sitemap indexes?
Yes. This tool can scan sitemap indexes, including nested sitemap indexes, while limiting scans to 50 child sitemaps for performance.
Does this tool support .xml.gz sitemaps?
Yes. The server-side extractor supports compressed .xml.gz sitemap files and reads the XML after decompression.
Can I export extracted sitemap URLs?
Yes. You can copy visible URLs or download filtered results as TXT, CSV, or JSON files.
Why are duplicate URLs shown?
The dashboard reports duplicate entries found while scanning, but the results table returns unique URLs to keep the export clean.
How many URLs can this tool extract?
The extractor returns up to 50,000 unique URLs and scans up to 50 child sitemaps from sitemap indexes.
Is this XML sitemap extractor free?
Yes. This is a free SEO tool from Selnox Infotech and does not require login or paid API access.