## Disavow Links Process: Link Audit
The recommended process to disavow links is to
1. Perform a complete link audit
2. Create a disavow file
3. Upload the disavow file to Google Search Console
4. Wait 48 hours
5. Run Link Detox Boost
6. Verify with Link Detox Boost that all links were crawled by Google. Only then the disavow command has been factored in.
The 48 hours delay is used as a "safety buffer" to give Google more than enough time to distribute the disavow file to all Googlebot crawler nodes and data centers.
In the event that the disavow file is NOT present, but the Googlebot already gets pushed to crawl spammy links that could have very negative consequences.