Choose comment settings

You can change your comment settings in YouTube Studio or from the YouTube app watch page. Learn about different comment settings.

YouTube Comments: Replying, Filtering and Moderating

You can't change comment settings when:

• A channel or video’s audience is set as “made for kids.” Comments are permanently deleted 30 days from when a channel or video is set as made for kids.
• A video is private. If you want to allow comments on a video that's not publicly available, post an unlisted video instead.
• You're experiencing YouTube through a supervised account. Learn more about a supervised experience on YouTube.

Change your default comment settings

Your default comment setting applies to new videos and posts. Existing videos and posts won’t be affected.

To change comment settings on YouTube Studio:

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Settings .
3. Select Community Moderation Defaults.
4. Select your default settings under "Comments on your channel" and "Messages in your live chat."
5. Select Save.

Change comment settings on a video

You can change comment settings for an individual video from your Content page. You can also change comment settings for more than one video at once with bulk edits.

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Content .
3. Click a video’s thumbnail.
4. Scroll click Show more.
5. Under “Comments and ratings," choose your comment settings.
6. Click Save.

You can also:

1. Sign in to the YouTube app on your mobile device.
2. Go to one of your videos.
3. Tap Comments under the video or to the right of your YouTube Short.
4. Tap Settings .
5. Tap Comments under For this video to change settings.

Learn more about how to change the comment settings on your posts.

Change default comment view

You can change how comments are ordered on your video’s watch page. You can order comments by top comments or by date added.

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Content .
3. Click a video's thumbnail.
4. Scroll click Show more.
5. Under “Comments and ratings,” select Sort by.
6. Choose between Top and Newest.
7. Click Save.