Learn most annotate settings

You lot can choose to concord some comments for review before they're shown on your video or channel. Larn how to modify your comment settings.

Annotate settings for videos

The following comment settings can exist used for private videos.

Allow all comments

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

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

Agree 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 sixty days. You can view these comments from YouTube Studio, non the sentry page.

  • These comments are not publicly visible, unless you approve them to be shown.
  • YouTube can hold potentially inappropriate comments for review in over 100 languages.

If you want an fifty-fifty higher level of protection, turn on Increase strictness to agree more potentially inappropriate comments under the "Held for review" tab. To increase strictness of potentially inappropriate comment moderation across your channel:

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

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 desire to hold for review, add them to your blocked words list.

Concord 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 upward to threescore days.

Disable comments

If you turn off comments for your video, viewers tin can't comment. "Comments are disabled for this video. Learn more." will evidence below your video.

Channel level annotate settings

Hidden users

You can cull to hibernate comments from specific commenters across all videos on your aqueduct.

Blocked words

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

Comments containing or closely matching these terms may be held for review for upward to 60 days, unless they're from someone on your approved user list. Alive chat messages containing or closely matching these terms volition too be blocked.

Comments with blocked words can exist 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 Settings and then Community.
  3. Under the "Automated Filters" tab, curlicue to "Blocked words."
  4. Add together words and phrases separated by commas.
  5. Select SAVE.

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

Cake comments with links

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

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

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

Live chat messages with URLs are besides blocked.

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

Default comment settings

You can utilise the aforementioned comment setting to all new video uploads. Irresolute your default settings for new video uploads volition not impact existing videos.

Channel homepage comment settings

FAQ about comment settings

Tin can I cake certain words, links, or users from i specific video?

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

Note: Changes to your annotate settings only employ 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 tin be reviewed and approved on your Comments page, nether the "Held for review" tab for up to sixty days.

If I turn comments off and back on once more, exercise my old comments come back?

Yeah. If you turn comments off and back on once again, existing comments volition reappear.

If y'all turn off comments, existing comments can't exist seen on the watch page or in YouTube Studio.

If I change my settings, are existing comments impacted?

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

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