Larn nearly comment settings

Yous can choose to hold some comments for review earlier they're shown on your video or channel. Larn how to modify your comment settings.

Comment settings for videos

The following annotate settings can be used for private videos.

Allow all comments

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

Viewers tin still study 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 60 days.

Hold potentially inappropriate comments for review

Potentially inappropriate comments are held for review on your Comments page in YouTube Studio, under the "Held for review" tab for up to 60 days. You can view these comments from YouTube Studio, non the sentry folio.

  • These comments are non publicly visible, unless you lot approve them to be shown.
  • YouTube can hold potentially inappropriate comments for review in over 100 languages.

If y'all want an even higher level of protection, turn on Increase strictness to hold more potentially inappropriate comments under the "Held for review" tab. To increase strictness of potentially inappropriate comment moderation beyond your channel:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Settings.
  3. Select Community and then Defaults.
  4. Cull Hold Potentially Inappropriate Comments for Review and then select Increase strictness.
  5. Select Save.

Choosing to turn on this setting will use a stricter threshold when detecting potentially inappropriate content in comments across your aqueduct.

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

Hold all comments for review

All comments must exist manually canonical earlier they tin can evidence. Comments can be reviewed on your Comments folio, under the "Held for review" tab for upwards to lx days.

Disable comments

If you plough 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

Hidden users

Yous can choose to hide comments from specific commenters beyond all videos on your aqueduct.

Blocked words

Y'all tin add together a list of words and phrases that you lot don't want to show 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 canonical 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 up YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left, click Settings and then Customs.
  3. Under the "Automated Filters" tab, scroll to "Blocked words."
  4. Add words and phrases separated by commas.
  5. Select Relieve.

Note: Clips of your content that utilize a blocked word aren't created and cannot exist shared. Learn more than.

Block comments with links

You tin can concord comments that contain URLs for review. Here'southward how:

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

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

Live chat messages with URLs are besides blocked.

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

Default comment settings

You lot can apply the aforementioned 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 about annotate settings

Tin I block certain words, links, or users from one 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 employ to new and existing videos.

Note: Changes to your annotate settings just apply to new videos.

Can I review comments from hidden users?

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

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

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

If I plow comments off and back on once more, exercise my old comments come up dorsum?

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

If you lot plow off comments, existing comments tin can't be seen on the lookout page or in YouTube Studio.

If I change my settings, are existing comments impacted?

Existing comments may be afflicted by changes you lot make to your annotate settings. For example, adding new terms to your blocked words list will concord all existing and future comments containing or closely matching these words for review.

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