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    • jayoliverwright
      jayoliverwright last edited by

      Hi guys,

      We had aN SEO agency do a disallow request on one of our sites a while back. They have no trace of the disallow txt file and all the links they disallowed.

      Does anyone know if there is a way to recover this file in google webmaster tools or anyway to find which links were disallowed?

      Cheers.

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      • TimHolmes
        TimHolmes last edited by

        Have you performed any more disavow processes since? If you have not, simply login to your Search Console and head to the disavow section.

        https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links

        If you have not added any more, simply click the profile you are working with, and it should open up a box with a link to your most recent added file. See my linked image which shows the pop up. You can then download the text file that you/they added.

        Hope that helps.

        If it is an older file, I would suggest talking to google about seeing previous versions of the txt file, that is if they hold onto them.

        X8nsy5k

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