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You can cull to concord some comments for review earlier they're shown on your video or channel. Learn how to alter your comment settings.

Comment settings for videos

The following comment settings can exist used for individual videos.

Allow all comments

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

Viewers can still 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 folio, under the "Held for review" tab for up to 60 days. Y'all can view these comments from YouTube Studio, not the watch folio.

At the lesser of the tab, yous may see a link to "Show hidden comments." Click it to view potentially hurtful comments that are automatically held for review.

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

YouTube'southward system works to detect potentially inappropriate comments, but it's not ever right. As you review comments, the system gets improve at finding comments to hold for review.

If you lot desire an fifty-fifty higher level of protection, select Increase strictness to agree more potentially inappropriate comments under the "Held for review" tab. Choosing to plow on this setting will apply a stricter threshold when detecting potentially inappropriate content in comments across your channel.

Tip: If in that location are more words or phrases y'all desire to hold for review, add them to your blocked words listing.

Hold all comments for review

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

Disable comments

If you plough off comments for your video, viewers can't comment. "Comments are disabled for this video. Learn more than." volition evidence beneath your video.

Channel level comment settings

Hidden users

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

Blocked words

You 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 chat messages containing or closely matching these terms will also 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, scroll to "Blocked words."
  4. Add together words and phrases separated past commas.
  5. Select Relieve.

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

Cake comments with links

You can hold comments that comprise URLs for review. Here's how:

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

Comments with links won't exist blocked if they're posted by you lot, moderators, or canonical users.

Alive chat messages with URLs are also blocked.

Comments with hashtags and links can be reviewed and approved on your Comments page, under the "Held for review" tab for up to 60 days.

Default annotate settings

Yous can use the aforementioned annotate setting to all new video uploads. Changing your default settings for new video uploads will not touch on existing videos.

Channel homepage comment settings

FAQ nigh comment settings

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

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

Annotation: Changes to your comment settings only apply to new videos.

Can I review comments from hidden users?

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

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

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

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

Yes. If you lot turn comments off and back on once more, existing comments will reappear.

If you plough off comments, existing comments can't be seen on the sentinel page or in YouTube Studio.

If I change my settings, are existing comments impacted?

Existing comments may exist affected past changes you make to your comment settings. For example, adding new terms to your blocked words list will agree all existing and hereafter comments containing or closely matching these words for review.

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