Avoid Negative Comments On YouTube, Here's How To Disable Comments With A Smartphone

How to enable and disable comments on YouTube (photo: Unpslash)

JAKARTA - YouTube is the most popular video streaming channel. Quoting from DataReportal, the number of YouTube users in Indonesia reaches 139 million people, or equivalent to 50 percent of the total population during 2022.

Anyone can create a YouTube channel and upload their videos there. YouTube is the most suitable platform for content creators.

However, apart from being fun, YouTube also has a dark side. It's not uncommon for many people to say negative words about other people's videos, it could happen to you too.

To avoid such negative comments, you can turn off the comment field in your channel. Because YouTube has several tools to help you control who can comment on your videos.

How to Enable and Disable YouTube Comments from Computer

When you start a YouTube channel, the comments field is enabled by default. However, if you have previously disabled it for a particular video, re-enabling it is very easy.

1. Sign in to the Google account associated with your YouTube channel.
2. Select your icon in the top right and hit the YouTube Studio option.
3. Click content.
4. If you hover over the video, you'll see a pencil icon named Details. Select this option for videos where comments are disabled.
5. At the bottom of the page click Show More in blue.
6. If you have disabled comments, press Allow all comments to re-enable them. Alternatively, you can select Hold potentially inappropriate comments for review or Hold all comments for review. 

How To Enable and Disable YouTube Comments From Your Smartphone

How to enable and disable comments on YouTube from a mobile phone will be a little more complicated. You have two choices, download the YouTube Studio app or open your web browser. This time, VOI has summarized how to enable and disable comments through YouTube Studio, because it's easier.

1. Open the YouTube Studio app.
2. On your dashboard, click the three dots next to the video you want to edit.
3. Select Edit video.
4. On the next tab, select the More options arrow at the bottom.
5. Under Comments, you will see a drop-down menu, select Turn off comments.
6. If you want to enable comments, select Allow all comments or use one of the more restricted versions.

Your changes will take effect once you leave the screen.