How to Disable Comments on Your Facebook Wall/Profile [January 2022]

Unfortunately, Facebook does not make it possible to disable comments on your profile posts, but you can get creative and take control of your privacy and content, at least to some degree. In other words, you can adjust privacy settings to allow Only Friends or Friends of Friends instead of Public to have access to and comment on your posts. Where and how is another story. Here is how to adjust privacy for comments on your Facebook posts.

Managing Comments on a Particular Account

Let’s first review your options for managing comments from a particular account. If someone is bugging you, but you’d like to keep them as a friend, follow the instructions below.

Editing Facebook Privacy Settings

By editing your Facebook privacy settings as to who can see your posts, you essentially limit comment capabilities to those you allow to view your posts and tags.

1. To start, open up Facebook on desktop or mobile and log into your account.
   
2. Once you’re logged in, click on the dropdown arrow in the top right section and select Settings & Privacy -> Settings.
   
3. From there, you’ll want to change your privacy settings. You can choose who sees your future posts, and you can review tags before they go live on your Facebook Profile/Home Page.
   

Edit Your Activity Settings

Now that you know how to limit who on Facebook can access your posts and tagged photos, it’s time to adjust privacy settings for individual posts.

1. Locate the post in which you’d like to edit the privacy. Tap the horizontal ellipsis (three horizontal dots) in the upper right-hand corner of the selected post.
   
2. Choose Edit audience.
   
3. Choose from Friends, Friends except…, Specific friends, Custom, or Close Friends.

The Friends except... option allows you to hide your post from select Facebook users, meaning you won’t see their comments either. The same outcome also applies to the Specific friends, Close Friends, and Custom options.

At this point, you have limited who can see future posts and tags and set viewing exclusions for specific ones that already exist. Now, it’s time to reduce comments using a roundabout alternative.

Use Text Filters to Control Facebook Comments

You may not get the ability to disable Facebook comments, but you can use the text filter to reduce them. Rather than restrict comments that contain unwanted words like “stupid”, “a-hole”, “idiot”, or others we cannot mention here, you can insert common ones to restrict a higher number of comments.

Facebook already filters select words, but there is much more you can hide. Words like “a”, “the”, “and”, “we”, “you”, and plenty of others get used so much that most comments will not show on your posts. The only drawback to this method is the person posting the comment still sees it, and their friends do too.

Here’s how to restrict comments based on specific words.

1. On your profile page, click the dropdown arrow at the top right and choose Settings & Privacy.
2. Click on Settings from the new dropdown list.
3. Choose Profile and Tagging in the left Settings menu.
   
4. Click the Edit option to the right of Hide Comments containing certain words from your profile.
   
5. Click on Hide comments containing certain words from your profile, then type your flagged words in the text box.
   
6. Optional: Click on Show Variations if you’d like to add more similar words for better filtering. Note that Facebook already excludes related word variations, such as tree, TREE, tr33, treee, t.r.e.e, and #tree.
   
7. Once done entering your options, click on Save.

Set Facebook to Review Tags before Posting to Your Timeline

Another cool trick you can do to limit/remove comments on your profile is to require approval for any tagged posts. That way, you get to review them first and approve or deny them. By choosing Deny, it won’t appear in your timeline, and nobody on your Friends list can see it or comment on it. Note that any of your friends that are also friends with the person who tagged you can still comment, but it won’t appear in your profile.

1. Click on the dropdown arrow at the top right and select Settings & Privacy.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Select Profile and Tagging in the left menu.
4. Under the Reviewing section, move the slider next to Review posts you’re tagged in… or click on Edit in the same row to turn on reviewing.
   

While none of these are official workarounds, they give you more control over your personal or business profiles than you had beforehand.

Manually Delete or Hide Comments

At this time, the most effective option for managing comments on your Facebook posts is deleting or hiding them, whether it’s unwanted content or you simply don’t want feedback. You can delete or conceal any comments on posts you made but only hide comments on posts others made.

Deleting Comments in the Facebook App on Android/iPhone

To delete and remove comments from the Facebook app, follow these steps:

1. Locate the offending comment and long-press it.
2. From the menu that appears, choose Delete or Hide comment.
   
3. For deletions, confirm that you’d like to remove the comment by selecting Delete once more. The Hide comment option is instant and requires no confirmation. You can select Unhide later if desired.
   

Deleting or Hiding Facebook Comments in Windows, Chromebook, Linux, or Mac using the Website

Removing or hiding comments from a web browser is simple. Here’s how to do it.

1. Navigate to the post that includes the undesired comment.
2. Browse for the comment you’d like to delete or hide.
3. Directly to the right of the comment (not the post), click on the horizontal ellipsis (three horizontal dots).
   
4. In the small menu that appears, choose Delete or Hide Comment. Remember that hiding the comment preserves it if you ever change your mind.
   
5. For removal, choose Delete once more in the confirmation popup that appears. The Hide comment option does not include a confirmation—it is instant, but you can select Unhide later.

Although this may not be an ideal solution, like a simple checkbox that will permanently disable comments, this does give you some control over unwanted content.

How to Turn Off Comments on Facebook Pages and Groups

Facebook has created a way to turn off comments on Facebook pages and groups, but you need to be the group admin or the original poster.

1. From the Settings menu on the left-hand side of the Facebook page, click Groups, then tap on the group you manage.
   
2. Scroll through until you find the post you’d like to disable comments on.
3. Click the horizontal ellipsis (three horizontal dots) in the upper right-hand corner of the post, then select Turn Off Commenting. Unfortunately, you still can’t turn off comments for the entire website.
   

If you’re controlling your own Facebook group, you’ll be able to correct and delete comments with ease, so stick to the pages that give you administrative approval. This way, you’ll have more control over your content and how people respond to it. You can also privatize your group, so only those you let in will be able to comment.

Chrome Extensions that Hide Comments

Some Google Chrome extensions aim to give you more control over your social media accounts by hiding the comments. The Shut Up Comment Blocker for Chrome claims to do just that. However, this option only hides them on your end while in the browser.

If you’re using the Facebook application on your mobile device, you may run into problems when using this option.

As you can see in this article, you can’t disable Facebook comments, but you can limit who can post any and block specific words in comments so that they don’t appear on your profile/timeline/pages. Defining who you connect with on Facebook also helps improve your online experience by reducing comment availability. Give yourself complete control over your profile or page posts by using the above suggestions. The processes consume additional time but limit the comment capabilities of others, reducing the headaches on your end!