diff --git a/src/components/overrides/Head.astro b/src/components/overrides/Head.astro
index cf92615d13a2fa..3b386092b3a851 100644
--- a/src/components/overrides/Head.astro
+++ b/src/components/overrides/Head.astro
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const shouldNoIndex =
 
 const shouldChatbotDeprioritize =
 	CHATBOT_DEPRIORITIZE_PRODUCTS.includes(currentSection) ||
+	frontmatter.sidebar.group?.hideIndex ||
+	frontmatter.sidebar.hidden ||
 	frontmatter.chatbot_deprioritize;
 
 if (currentSection) {
diff --git a/worker/index.worker.test.ts b/worker/index.worker.test.ts
index 5082e866405507..dfb9996dfe11e7 100644
--- a/worker/index.worker.test.ts
+++ b/worker/index.worker.test.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ describe("Cloudflare Docs", () => {
 				title: Markdown · Cloudflare Style Guide
 				description: The HTML generated by this file is used as a test fixture for our Markdown generation.
 				lastUpdated: 2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
+				chatbotDeprioritize: true
 				source_url:
 				  html: http://fakehost/style-guide/fixtures/markdown/
 				  md: http://fakehost/style-guide/fixtures/markdown/index.md