You can hide particular viewers from the rest of your channel’s audience.
Hiding someone means their comments won’t show on your channel, including on your Comments page in YouTube Studio. It also prevents them from creating clips from your videos or live streams.
Hide a user
To hide someone from your channel:
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Find a comment that they’ve left on your channel or video.
- Next to the comment, select More
Hide user from channel
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Hide a user in YouTube Studio
To hide someone from your channel in YouTube Studio:
- Find the user's channel URL from their channel homepage.
- Go to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Settings
Community.
- Under the “Automated Filters” section, paste the channel URL in the “Hidden users” box.
- Select Save.
Find who you’ve hidden
A list of viewers you’ve hidden is available in YouTube Studio. To find it:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Settings
Community.
- Under the “Automated Filters” section, review users you’ve hidden in the “Hidden users” box.
Show a user
You can remove someone from your “Hidden users” list to show new comments they leave. To show someone:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Settings
Community.
- In the “Hidden users” box, find the user you'd like to show.
- Select Remove
next to their name.
- Select Save.