{"id":3114,"date":"2020-03-29T22:43:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/famoid.com\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:45:50","slug":"how-to-disable-comments-facebook-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/how-to-disable-comments-facebook-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Comments on a Facebook Page (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook pages are designed to get people talking. It&#8217;s one of the main reasons they exist! You can post a video or article, and the person that follows you can comment on what you shared \u2014 pretty simple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what happens when someone you don&#8217;t know starts making offensive remarks, or worse?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may want to keep things simple and use Facebook strictly as a place to share content without worrying about monitoring conversations. Or, perhaps, You want to avoid any negative comments from being posted publicly on your page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where disabling comments on the Facebook page comes into the picture. Disabling comments can protect your content from spam or any negative comments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But is it possible to disable comments on Facebook pages? Does Facebook have an in-built feature to turn off the comments?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;ll get all of your answers here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this post, we&#8217;ll show you how to disable comments on a Facebook page following some easy steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is it Possible to Completely Disable Comments on The Facebook Page?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are no settings that allow you to disable comments entirely on your Facebook page. However, you can always delete comments that you do not like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To delete a comment on a post on <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/buy-facebook-fanpage-likes\/\" data-wpil=\"url\">your Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, simply tap and press the comment to open a menu on your screen. From the menu, tap on <\/span><b>Delete Commen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t. And this will delete that certain comment from your page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Keep in mind:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can delete comments on your Facebook page from the mobile app only. The delete feature isn&#8217;t available on browsers. From the browser, you can only hide or report the comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Disable Comments on a Facebook Page<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we mentioned earlier, you can&#8217;t disable comments directly on a Facebook page. However, you can take some alternative actions to disable specific comments from your page&#8217;s posts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, Facebook allows you to limit comments by blocking specific keywords appearing in the comment section on your page. You can select up to 1,000 keywords, phrases, or emojis in any language to block from your page&#8217;s comment section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an example, let&#8217;s say you want to block the word &#8220;hate.&#8221; Facebook will automatically block all the variations of the word &#8220;hate.&#8221; And by variations, we&#8217;re indicating every possible misspelling, abbreviations, symbols, plurals, and common misspelling of that word, such as HATE, h32e, H.A.T.E, #hate, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is that you don&#8217;t have to add all these variations to your keyword list; Facebook will automatically recognize all the variations of the word &#8220;hate.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now to disable comments that include certain keywords that you&#8217;ve blocked, follow the steps below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Log in to your <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook account<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and select your profile photo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click on the page you wish to use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click on your page&#8217;s<\/span><b> profile icon,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located at the top right corner of your screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the <\/span><b>Settings <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now under the general section. look for the<\/span><b> Moderation section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38567\" src=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook.png\" alt=\"Disable comments on facebook\" width=\"1651\" height=\"825\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook.png 1651w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Disable-comments-on-facebook-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1651px) 100vw, 1651px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 6. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Moderation section, you&#8217;ll notice an option- <\/span><b>Hide comments containing certain words from your page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Click on the <\/span><b>Edit button<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beside the option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 7.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now <\/span><b>add any keywords<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>emoji, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>phrases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you want to block:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38564\" src=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Content-moderation.png\" alt=\"Content moderation\" width=\"984\" height=\"321\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Content-moderation.png 984w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Content-moderation-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Content-moderation-768x251.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can block comments by typing keywords or phrases in the box separated by commas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a file containing a list of keywords to block, click the three horizontal dots button, then click Upload from. CSV to upload your file.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 8.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Review<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your keyword list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve added variations of a keyword, click <\/span><b>Show Variations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to review it. You can remove the variations by clicking the <\/span><b>Remove Variations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you wish to remove a certain keyword from the list, just click the (<\/span><b>x<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) button next to it. If you&#8217;ve changed your mind and decide to remove all the keywords, click the <\/span><b>Delete All <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 9.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click<\/span><b> Save<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, that&#8217;s it! Following these steps, you&#8217;ll be able to disable comments that include blocked words successfully.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from this, you can also use the <\/span><b>Profanity Filter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to disable certain comments on your <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/how-to-lock-facebook-profile\/\">Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. We&#8217;ll learn more about this filter later in this post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Hide Certain Comments on a Facebook Post<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the steps you can follow to hide certain comments on a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facebook post<\/span><\/strong>. You can use your mobile app or computer to hide comments according to your choice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Open your Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to the post that has some offensive or abusive comment that you want to hide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Choose the comment you want to hide, then click the three horizontal dots (\u22ef) beside the comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now click on <\/span><b>Hide comment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38565\" src=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hide-comments-on-facebook.png\" alt=\"Hide comments on facebook\" width=\"394\" height=\"186\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hide-comments-on-facebook.png 394w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hide-comments-on-facebook-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These simple steps will help you hide abusive or unwanted comments from your page. But, if you&#8217;ve changed your mind and decide to unhide the hidden comments:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to your page and select a post that has comments you wish to unhide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the comment section, click Most relevant &gt; Hidden by This Page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now choose a comment, and click the Unhide option below.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, you can click the (\u22ef) button, then select Unhide comment to complete the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens after hiding a comment from a post on your Facebook page is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hidden comment will be visible to the user who wrote the comment in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comment will be hidden from the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any reply to the comment will also be hidden.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How to Block Facebook Comments With Some Certain Words Using Filter<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, you&#8217;ve learned how to block specific keywords and hide comments in the comment section of your page. Now, it&#8217;s time to understand how you can disable comments using Facebook&#8217;s Profanity Filter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turning on the profanity filter allows Facebook to filter and hide profanity comments from your page. According to Facebook, they filter such words by using the most commonly reported offensive phrases and words marked by the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, here&#8217;s what you can do to turn on the profanity filter on Facebook:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to your Facebook account and go to your Facebook page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On your page, click on the profile photo located at the top right corner of your screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, click on the<\/span><b> Settings &amp; Privacy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now click <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then<\/span><b> Privacy.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now from the sidebar, click on the <\/span><b>Public Posts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 6.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Go to the <\/span><b>Moderation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section, then <\/span><b>Profanity Filter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 7. Enable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Profanity Filter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38566\" src=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Profanity-filter.png\" alt=\"Profanity filter\" width=\"985\" height=\"131\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Profanity-filter.png 985w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Profanity-filter-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/famoid.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Profanity-filter-768x102.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 8.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Finally, click <\/span><b>Save.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After enabling the profanity filter, comments with profanity words will be hidden from the world. However, the person who originally wrote the comment will still be able to see the hidden comment on their Facebook account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Wrapping Up<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step toward disabling comments on your Facebook page is figuring out what you want to do with your page. If you want people to interact with it, then it might not be such a good idea to disable comments; but if you have a specific purpose for the page and need it to remain untouched by negative influences, then disabling comments on Facebook could be the right choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you&#8217;ve decided that you&#8217;re going to have comments disabled, make sure to follow the steps we&#8217;ve mentioned here. We&#8217;re hopeful this post will effectively guide you through disabling comments on your Facebook page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you face any issues while following these steps, feel free to share them with us in the comment below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook pages are designed to get people talking. It&#8217;s one of the main reasons they exist! 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