If links have been disavowed, do they still show in crawl reports?

[Dino64]

I have a new client who says they have disavowed all their bad links, but I still see a bunch of spammy backlinks in my external links report. I understand that disavow does not mean links are actually removed so will they continue to show in Google Webmaster Tools and in my Moz reports?

If so, how do I know which ones have been disavowed and which have not?

Regards, Dino

[LynnPatchett]

HI Dino,

Yes the links will still show in external link reports if they still exist. Assuming you have GWT access for the domain in question, you can go to the google disavow tool (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main), select the relevant domain and then click 'disavow links'. it will pop up a window where you can also download the last file that was uploaded to the disavow tool. You can then use this list to cross check against the links you are seeing in the reports to make sure nothing was missed.

[Dino64]

Thank you. That's exactly the answer I was looking for.