The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, the method including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass plate while supplying a polishing slurry containing a polishing material, in which polishing is performed, after a polishing surface is subjected to dressing treatment, by using a polishing pad having: a first resin foam layer which forms the polishing surface, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of more than 20 μm and has a thickness of 400 μm or less; and a second resin foam layer which is provided between a platen for fixing the polishing pad and the first resin foam layer, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of 20 μm or less and has a thickness of 50 to 250 μm, and in which a total thickness of the first resin foam layer and the second resin foam layer is 550 μm or less, and a international rubber hardness degree of the polishing pad measured by the M method according to JIS K6253 is 40 IRHD or more.