Moderate comments

You can invite moderators to help manage comments on your videos and channel. Anyone with a YouTube channel can be a moderator.

Add a comment moderator

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Settings.
3. Select Community.
4. Enter the moderator's channel URL in the 'Standard moderators' box.
5. Select Save.

You can also add a specific moderator from their video comment:

1. In the YouTube app, find a comment under one of your videos from someone who you'd like to make a moderator.
2. Tap More next to their comment.
3. Tap Add as moderator.
4. Select Managing moderator or Standard moderator.

The moderator won't get a notification that you've added them. Let the moderator know that they can now remove comments.

Take action on held comments

On the 'Held' tab, you can take the following actions. You can also find these options on the 'Published' tab by clicking More .

• Approve: Select Approve to allow a comment to show publicly.
• Remove: Select Remove to remove a comment.
• Report spam or abuse: Select Report to report spam or abuse in a comment. Learn more about spam comments.
• Hide user: Select Hide to hide a user from your channel.​ Learn more about hiding comments from specific people.
• Always approve: This option is only available on the 'Published' tab. To allow all future comments from a certain viewer to be automatically approved and publicly visible, select More Always approve comments from this user.

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