# How to Crawl a Website in Screaming Frog

> To crawl a website in Screaming Frog, open the app, set the mode to Spider, and enter the full URL in the top field. Click the green Start button to begin the crawl, analyze the results across different tabs once complete, and save your data by going to File and Export.

Canonical: https://livedemo.ai/tutorials/how-to-crawl-a-website-in-screaming-frog/
Updated: 2026-10-05
Interactive demo: https://story-api.livedemo.ai/workspaces/62255d3d3304f17b8f5e2d03/stories/692a35f9ab56e05a00fda7fc/preview?step=1

## Steps

1. Open Screaming Frog once installed.
2. In the top bar, locate the 'Mode' selector and make sure it's set to 'Spider' mode for website crawling.
3. Enter the URL you want to crawl in the field at the top of the window. Make sure to include the full address (e.g., https://example.com).
4. Click the big green 'Start' button to begin the crawl.
5. Once the crawl is complete, you can navigate through different tabs to analyze various aspects of your site - URLs, titles, headers, etc.
6. To save your results, go to 'File' > 'Export' and choose your preferred format.