How to turn on comments on YouTube on Phone

Have you ever needed to disable comments on one of your YouTube videos, but you only had a mobile phone at hand. We show you how.

Admittedly your options are very limited but here’s the steps you need to follow if you’ve downloaded the Creator Studio app on either iOS or Android,

• Tap the menu in the top left-hand corner and go to ‘Videos’
• Find the video you want to amend and tap into it
• Then tap the pencil icon at the top and then swipe over to the ‘Advanced Settings’ tab
• Swipe down until you see the comments option, which allows you to toggle on or off comments for this video on your channel
• Then save

Note that it doesn't delete any existing comments from the video and you will be able to see them once again, if you reenable comments for that video. Watch our tutorial for more details:

YouTube Comment Management From a Mobile Phone

When it comes to disabling comments for your YouTube videos, there are not many options when it comes to using a mobile phone. For instance, if you want to bulk disable comments on videos or do it they upload default so every video you upload in the future has comments disabled you'll have to do all of that from a desktop, but we do have a full tutorial here.

If you don't want to completely disable comments for a video, there are some limited comment management options in the Creator Studio app.

Just tap on the menu in the app and go to comments. Next to each comment tap the three dots, which brings up the option to:

• Remove a comment
• Report a comment to YouTube
• Hide the user so you NEVER see comments from them again

But to really get into the nitty-gritty of comment moderation, you'll need to do it on a computer. If your YouTube channel is made for kids, then you have no choice - comments will be disabled for your videos automatically.

And finally, if you do disable comments, you're effectively killing your ability to directly connect with your audience.

I'm not saying that more comments mean more views, but if you can personally connect with somebody on the other end of the lens, they're going to feel more connected to you as a creator, trust you more, subscribe to you and watch more of your content.

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How to turn on or off comments on YouTube?

When your subscribers leave comments on your videos, it's a wonderful feeling. A message of encouragement, or even a funny joke, can brighten a creator's day.

However, not all YouTube viewers are pleasant. Some people will say things that are hurtful or disrespectful for no apparent reason. When the hate becomes too real, it's better to turn off comments rather than absorb them.

Fortunately, you won't need a desktop computer to complete this task. You can quickly enable or disable YouTube comments using an Android or iOS mobile device.

How to Turn YouTube Comments On or Off on Mobile

Additionally, you can also disable comments by default as a whole for all the videos you upload from the next time.

1. Go to Settings>Upload Defaults Section

2. Go to Advanced Settings Tab

3. Go to the Comments Section and select Disable Comments. 

Any next video you upload will have the comments turned off by default.

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