You can change your comment settings in YouTube Studio. Learn about different comment settings.
You cannot 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
Choose your default comment setting. This change applies to comments on new videos and new comments on your channel homepage.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Settings.
- Select Community
Defaults.
- Select your default settings:
- If you have the Community tab: Choose your default settings under “Comments on your channel."
- If you don’t have the Community tab: Choose your default setting for new video uploads under “Comments on your new videos."
- 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.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Content.
- Click a video’s thumbnail.
- Scroll
click SHOW MORE.
- Under “Comments and ratings," choose your comment settings.
- Click Save.
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.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Content.
- Click a video’s thumbnail.
- Scroll
click SHOW MORE.
- Under “Comments and ratings,” select Sort by.
- Choose between Top and Newest.
- Click Save.