# How To Disavow Backlinks in Ahrefs

> To disavow backlinks using Ahrefs, search your domain in Site Explorer, navigate to Backlinks, exclude best links, select Dofollow, and show results. Next, sort by DR, export the report as a CSV, and submit the poor-quality backlinks to the Google Disavow tool.

Canonical: https://livedemo.ai/tutorials/how-to-disavow-backlinks-in-ahrefs/
Apps: Ahrefs
Updated: 2026-10-05
Interactive demo: https://story-api.livedemo.ai/workspaces/62255d3d3304f17b8f5e2d03/stories/692a3ba0ab56e05a00fe30f0/preview?step=1

## Steps

1. Go to Ahrefs > Site Explorer and search your domain name.
2. Head over to Backlinks under Backlink profile in the left pane.
3. Select Exclude all best links.
4. Select Dofollow and hit Show results.
5. Sort your links by DR to get the lowest-rated ones on top of the list.
6. Export the backlink report as CSV.
7. Hit Export.
8. Now that you have a list of your poor-quality backlinks, you can submit them to be disavowed using the Google Disavow tool.