Learn nearly comment settings

You tin can choose to hold some comments for review before they're shown on your video or channel. Larn how to change your annotate settings.

Annotate settings for videos

The post-obit annotate settings can be used for private videos.

Allow 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 nevertheless report inappropriate comments and spam. Comments that violate our Community Guidelines may be removed. Comments that are likely spam may be automatically held for review in YouTube Studio for up to lx days.

Hold potentially inappropriate comments for review

Potentially inappropriate comments are held for review on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab for up to 60 days. Yous can view these comments from YouTube Studio, not the watch page.

At the bottom of the tab, y'all may find 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.

Our system works to find potentially inappropriate comments, just it's not always correct. As you review comments, the system gets better at finding comments to hold for review.

If you lot want an fifty-fifty college 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 you want to hold for review, add together them to your blocked words listing.

Concur all comments for review

All comments must exist manually canonical before they can show. Comments can be reviewed on your Comments folio, under the "Held for review" tab for upwards 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 than." will show beneath your video.

Aqueduct level annotate settings

Subconscious users

You can choose to hibernate comments from specific commenters beyond all videos on your channel.

Blocked words

You lot can add a list of words and phrases that you don't want to evidence in comments to your blocked words lists.

Comments containing or closely matching these terms may be held for review for up to 60 days, unless they're from someone on your approved user list. Live conversation letters containing or closely matching these terms will also be blocked.

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

To add to your blocked words lists:

  1. Open YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left, click Settingsand thenCustoms.
  3. Nether the "Automatic Filters" tab, curlicue to "Blocked words."
  4. Add words and phrases separated by commas.
  5. Select SAVE.

Note: Clips of your content that use a blocked discussion aren't created and cannot be shared. Learn more.

Block comments with links

You tin can hold comments that contain URLs for review. Here'south how:

  1. Open YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left, click Settings and then Customs.
  3. Under the "Automatic Filters" tab, selectCake links.

Comments with links aren't blocked if they're posted by you, moderators, or approved users.

Live chat messages with URLs are also blocked.

Comments with hashtags and links tin be reviewed and approved on your Comments page, nether the "Held for review" tab for upwards to 60 days.

Default comment settings

You lot can apply the same comment setting to all new video uploads. Changing your default settings for new video uploads will not impact existing videos.

Channel homepage comment settings

FAQ about comment settings

Tin can I block certain words, links, or users from 1 specific video?

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

Note: Changes to your comment settings just utilize to new videos.

Can I review comments from subconscious users?

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

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

Yes. Comments with blocked words or links can exist reviewed and approved on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab for upward to 60 days.

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

Yeah. If you plow comments off and back on again, existing comments will reappear.

If you turn off comments, existing comments tin't be seen on the picket folio or in YouTube Studio.

If I alter my settings, are existing comments impacted?

Existing comments may exist afflicted by changes you make to your annotate settings. For example, calculation new terms to your blocked words list will hold all existing and time to come comments containing or closely matching these words for review.

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