There are two ways to do this, one is before posting the video, and the second is after the video is posted. If we turn off comments after a video is posted/uploaded, any comments will be deleted publicly but will remain private.
How to Disable Comments on YouTube
Keep in mind that if there are certain malicious comments that you want to delete, you can delete them whenever you want. Follow these steps to turn off comments on an uploaded YouTube video:
- Sign in to YouTube and select the video with the comments you want to remove.
- Click Edit Video, you will enter YouTube Studio.
- Under the Details section (left sidebar), click Advanced
- Scroll down to the comments section and remove unwanted comments.
- Click Save to save the settings.
- To make sure, please open the video and check if it’s still there or not
Follow the steps below to turn off comments on videos that haven’t been uploaded yet:
- Open the video in YouTube Studio.
- Select the video for which you want to turn off comments then select Details.
- Click Advanced.
- Scroll down to the comments section and remove unwanted comments.
- Click Save to save the settings.
- To make sure, please open the video and check if it’s still there or not