Post & interact with comments

YouTube Comments: Replying, filtering, & moderating

If a video's owner has turned on comments, you tin mail comments and similar, dislike, or respond to other people's comments on a video. You can also edit or delete any of your own comments. Replies to a comment are threaded beneath the original comment and then you can follow the conversation.

Postal service comments on a video

Public videos

All comments on public videos on YouTube are public and anyone can reply to a comment that you post. If you're a Google Apps account user, any comment you post on YouTube is publicly visible to users exterior of your domain.

To add together a annotate

  1. Observe the annotate section under the video.
  2. Type in the Add a public comment... box. On mobile, you may need to tap the comment department to aggrandize it.
  3. Enter your comment.
  4. Click COMMENT.

Note: Before posting a annotate, you lot may encounter a notification intended to encourage respectful interactions on YouTube. This reminder displays when our system finds your comment could be considered offensive to others. You may reflect on your comment or view our Customs Guidelines before posting. This reminder is only available for English and Spanish comments right now.

Private videos

Comments are not available on private videos. If you want to let comments on a video that's not publicly available, post an unlisted video instead.

Unlisted videos

You can comment and reply to comments on unlisted videos. Comments on unlisted videos can be seen by anyone who has the link to the video. Learn more about unlisted videos and privacy settings.

If you don't have a YouTube channel, past posting a annotate you'll automatically create a aqueduct. You can access and manage your aqueduct by going to your contour moving picture after posting your comment.

Reply to comments

  1. Click REPLY beneath a comment.
  2. Blazon in your annotate.
  3. ClickREPLY.

Add together formatting to comments

Add style to your annotate

Y'all can use rich text to format your comment with common special tags, such equally:

  • *assuming text* → bold
  • _italicized text_ → italics
  • -strikethrough text- → strikethrough

Add links to your comment

If you lot add a URL to your comment, it will show as a hyperlink.

Add hearts to favorite comments

You can employ a heart to show appreciation for a viewer's comments on your Community tab comments, in addition to comments on the sentinel page.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Become to a Customs tab post.
  3. Look for the eye next to the thumbs up / thumbs down icons.

Viewers will meet your avatar with a pocket-size blood-red heart on the lower left and receive a notification (depending on viewer opt-in settings on desktop and mobile) that a aqueduct owner "loves your annotate."

Pivot comments to the top

Highlight a comment for your fans past pinning it to the top of the comment section. On mobile, viewers may demand to expand the comment section to meet the pinned comment. You lot can cull to pin your own comment or a fan comment.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. In the comments below a video, select the comment you want to pin.
  3. Click More thanand then  Pivot . If you lot've already pinned a annotate, this will supplant it.
    Note: Y'all can Unpin a comment at any fourth dimension and the annotate will be moved back to it's original position.
  4. Click Pin to ostend.

On desktop, viewers will see the pinned comment at the top of the lookout man page with a "Pinned by" icon and your channel name. On mobile, they may need to tap the comment section to expand it.

Edit or remove your comment

Comment previews FAQ

Which comments prove upwards in this annotate preview section?

A comment may show up in the comment preview section for many reasons. For example, the comment was:

  • Recently posted
  • Pinned or given a "middle" by the video creator

How do I view all comments?

To view all comments, tap anywhere in the comment preview department.

To go back to the spotter next video list, tap the X in the upper right corner.

Will my pinned comments prove in the annotate preview section?

Since there'due south express space in comment preview sections, pinning a comment doesn't guarantee that it volition prove upwardly in the comment preview section. However, pinned comments will continue to testify up equally the first comment when someone taps to view all.

Practise my current comment moderation settings apply to the comment preview section?

Yes. All comment moderation settings apply to the annotate preview section, including blocked words and subconscious users. Learn more about how to manage and moderate your comments .

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