Manage your channel’s moderation settings

You can manage moderation settings for your channel in one place in YouTube Studio.

Content Controls

The Content controls tab in Settings allows you to set moderation preferences for comments, live chat, posts on your Community, blocked words, and link text.

1. On your computer, sign in to YouTube Studio .
2. Click Settings Community moderation Content controlsto see control options:
   • Comments on new videos and posts:Turn on or off comments on new videos and posts. You can also see options for holding comments for review.
   • Messages in your live chat:Hold potentially inappropriate live chat messages.
   • Posts in your Community:Turn on or off your Community. You can also see options for moderating posts, such as holding posts for review. When you turn off your Community, existing posts will be hidden. If you turn your Community back on, the posts will be visible again.
   • Blocked words:Block specific words in comments, live chat, and posts in your Community. Add words and phrases separated by commas.
   • Link text:Toggle on to hold comments and viewer posts that contain hashtags and URLs for review.
3. Click Save.