Acquire well-nigh comment settings

You can choose to concord some comments for review earlier they're shown on your video or channel. Learn how to change your annotate settings.

Comment settings for videos

The following comment settings tin can be used for individual videos.

Let all comments

All comments left on your video are immediately visible. You can view these comments on your Comments page, under the "Published" tab.

Viewers can still study inappropriate comments and spam. Comments that violate our Community Guidelines may exist removed. Comments that are likely spam may exist automatically held for review in YouTube Studio for up to 60 days.

Hold potentially inappropriate comments for review

Potentially inappropriate comments are held for review on your Comments folio, nether the "Held for review" tab for upwardly to 60 days. You lot tin can view these comments from YouTube Studio, not the watch page.

At the bottom of the tab, you may see a link to "Show subconscious comments." Click information technology to view potentially hurtful comments that are automatically held for review.

YouTube can hold potentially inappropriate comments for review in over 100 languages.

YouTube's arrangement works to find potentially inappropriate comments, but it'south not always correct. Equally yous review comments, the arrangement gets better at finding comments to concur for review.

If you want an even higher level of protection, select Increase strictness to hold more potentially inappropriate comments under the "Held for review" tab. Choosing to turn on this setting will use a stricter threshold when detecting potentially inappropriate content in comments across your channel.

Tip: If there are more than words or phrases yous want to hold for review, add them to your blocked words list.

Hold all comments for review

All comments must be manually approved before they tin show. Comments can exist reviewed on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab for up to 60 days.

Disable comments

If you turn off comments for your video, viewers can't annotate. "Comments are disabled for this video. Learn more." will show beneath your video.

Channel level comment settings

Subconscious users

You can choose to hide comments from specific commenters across all videos on your channel.

Blocked words

Yous can add a list of words and phrases that you don't want to bear witness in comments to your blocked words lists.

Comments containing or closely matching these terms may exist held for review for upwardly to lx days, unless they're from someone on your canonical user listing. Alive conversation letters containing or closely matching these terms will too be blocked.

Comments with blocked words can be reviewed and approved on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab.

To add to your blocked words lists:

  1. Open YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left, click Settingsand thenCommunity.
  3. Under the "Automatic Filters" tab, roll to "Blocked words."
  4. Add together words and phrases separated by commas.
  5. Select Relieve.

Note: Clips of your content that utilize a blocked give-and-take won't be created and cannot be shared. Learn more than.

Block comments with links

You tin can hold comments that contain URLs for review. Hither's how:

  1. Open YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left, click Settings and then Community.
  3. Nether the "Automated Filters" tab, selectBlock links.

Comments with links won't be blocked if they're posted by yous, moderators, or approved users.

Alive chat messages with URLs are also blocked.

Comments with hashtags and links tin can exist reviewed and approved on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab for upward to lx days.

Default comment settings

You can apply the same annotate setting to all new video uploads. Changing your default settings for new video uploads volition not touch on existing videos.

Channel homepage comment settings

FAQ near comment settings

Can I block certain words, links, or users from one specific video?

No. Hidden users, blocked words, and link blocking automatically apply to all videos and to your channel homepage. Changes to your settings may also apply to new and existing videos.

Notation: Changes to your comment settings simply apply to new videos.

Tin I review comments from hidden users?

No. Comments from subconscious users don't show in YouTube Studio.

Can I review comments that are blocked for specific words or links?

Yep. Comments with blocked words or links tin can be reviewed and canonical on your Comments folio, nether the "Held for review" tab for upwards to 60 days.

If I turn comments off and back on again, do my old comments come up back?

Aye. If you plough comments off and back on once again, existing comments will reappear.

If yous plough off comments, existing comments tin can't be seen on the watch page or in YouTube Studio.

If I change my settings, are existing comments impacted?

Existing comments may be affected by changes yous make to your annotate settings. For case, adding new terms to your blocked words list volition concord all existing and futurity comments containing or closely matching these words for review.

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