Did you know you can't disavow in new GSC? Verified a domain property a couple months ago - I wanna ❌ a gambling site that linked to me. But if I go to the disavow tool in webmasters, the dropdown won't work.@sengineland @googlewmc @lilyraynyc @sejournal #SEO #Google

1. Google’s disavow links tool apparently doesn’t work with
the new domain properties in Search Console.
This was discovered yesterday by Kristen Stack who
alerted us to the issue on Twitter:
Kristen Stack@thekristenstack
Did you know you can't disavow in new GSC? Verified a domain property a couple
months ago - I wanna a gambling site that linked to me. But if I go to the
disavow tool in webmasters, the dropdown won't work.@sengineland @googlewmc
@lilyraynyc @sejournal #SEO #Google
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Domain properties were introduced as a way to
streamline the process of adding domain variants.
Instead of verifying the www, non-www, HTTP, and
HTTPS versions individually you can simply add a
domain property which automatically pulls in data for all
variations of a domain.
It has now come to light that adding a domain property
also removes the ability to disavow links pointing to the
domain.

2. In addition, those who verify exclusively with a domain
property also lose access to the old Search Console and
all the features that haven’t been ported over yet.
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The disavow tool is among the legacy features that
haven’t been ported over yet, but it’s still accessible from
the old Search Console as long as your domain variants
are verified individually.
Is the disavow links tool still
necessary?
According to recent comments from Google’s John
Mueller, there are some within the company who are in
favor of removing the disavow links tool.
Here’s his statement from a Reddit thread (emphasis
mine):
“There’s a lot to be said for removing a feature that
worries many folks, and suggests they need to do
unnecessary work (assuming we can be sure that we
handle it well automatically)… That’s certainly one way
to look at it, and it’s a view that some folks here
share as well. If we can remove unnecessary
complexity from these tools, I’m all for that — there’s

3. enough other work involved with running a good
website.”
Mueller refers to the fact that Google’s algorithm has a
way of identifying bad links and ignoring them when it
comes to determining where a page should rank.
If you’re not comfortable with putting all your trust in an
algorithm to disregard spammy links, then you can
continue to access the disavow tool by avoiding the use
of domain properties.