Unfortunately, Facebook does not let you control comments on Facebook posts, but you can get creative and gain some control over your privacy and content. In other words, you can change your privacy settings to allow Only Friends or Friends of Friends to view and comment on your posts rather than the general public. Where and how is a different story. Here’s how to change the privacy settings for comments on your Facebook posts.

Control comments on Facebook posts

Let’s start by going over your options for managing comments from a specific account. If someone is bothering you, but you want to keep them as a friend, follow the steps below.

Changing your Facebook privacy settings

By modifying your Facebook privacy settings to limit who can see your posts, you effectively limit commenting capabilities to those who have access to your posts and tags.

1. To begin, open Facebook on your desktop or mobile device and sign in to your account.
2. Once logged in, select Settings & Privacy -> Settings from the dropdown arrow in the top right section.
3. You’ll then want to adjust your privacy settings. You can control who sees your future posts and review tags before they appear on your Facebook Profile/Home Page.

Change your activity preferences

Now that you’ve learned how to limit who can see your Facebook posts and tagged photos, it’s time to tweak the privacy settings for individual posts.

1. Locate the post where you want to change the privacy settings. In the upper right-hand corner of the selected post, tap the horizontal ellipsis (three horizontal dots).
2. Select Edit audience.
3. Friends, Friends except, Specific Friends, Custom, or Close Friends are the options.

The Friends except… option lets you hide your post from specific Facebook users, which means you won’t see their comments. The same thing happens when you select Specific Friends, Close Friends, or Custom.

You’ve now limited who can see future posts and tags and set viewing exclusions for specific ones that already exist. It is now time to reduce comments by taking a detour.

Control Facebook comments with text filters

You may not be able to disable Facebook comments, but you can reduce them using the text filter. Rather than restricting comments that contain unwanted words such as “stupid,” “a-hole,” “idiot,” or others we won’t mention here, you can insert common ones to limit a larger number of comments.

Facebook already filters certain words, but you can conceal a lot more. Words like “a,” “the,” “and,” “we,” “you,” and many others are so commonly used that most comments will not appear on your posts. The only disadvantage of this method is that the person who posted the comment still sees it, as do their friends.

Here’s how to limit comments to specific words.

1. On your profile page, select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown arrow at the top right.
2. From the new dropdown list, select Settings.
3. Select Profile and Tagging from the left-hand Settings menu.
4. To the right of “Hide Comments containing specific words from your profile”, click the Edit button.
5. Hide comments containing certain words from your profile by clicking on it, then type your flagged words into the text box.
6. Optional: If you want to add more similar words for better filtering, click Show Variations. It’s worth noting that Facebook already excludes related word variants like a tree, TREE, tr33, treee, t.r.e.e, and #tree.
7. After you’ve finished entering your options, click Save.

Configure facebook to check tags before posting to your timeline

You can also require approval for any tagged posts to limit or remove comments on your profile. You get to review them first and approve or deny them that way. By selecting Deny, it will not appear in your timeline, and no one on your Friends list will be able to see or comment on it. Please keep in mind that any of your friends who are also friends with the person who tagged you can still leave a comment, but it will not appear in your profile.

1. Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown arrow at the top right.
2. Select Settings.
3. In the left menu, choose Profile and Tagging.
4. Move the slider next to Review posts you’re tagged in… under the Reviewing section. or in the same row, click Edit to enable reviewing.

While none of these are official workarounds, they do provide you with more control over your personal or professional profiles than you had previously.

Delete or hide comments manually

At the moment, the most effective way to manage comments on your Facebook posts is to delete or hide them, whether the content is unwanted or you simply don’t want feedback. You can delete or conceal any comments you make on your own posts, but you can only hide comments made by others.

Follow these steps to delete and remove comments from the Facebook app:

1. Locate and long-press the offending comment.
2. Choose Delete or Hide comment from the menu that appears.
3. For deletions, select Delete once more to confirm that you want to remove the comment. The Hide comment option is immediate and does not require confirmation. If necessary, you can choose Unhide later.

Using the Website to Delete or Hide Facebook Comments in Windows, Chromebook, Linux, or Mac

It is simple to remove or hide comments from a web browser. Here’s how to go about it.

1. Navigate to the post that contains the unwanted comment.
2. Look for the comment you want to delete or hide.
3. Click on the horizontal ellipsis to the right of the comment (not the post) (three horizontal dots).
4. Choose Delete or Hide comment from the small menu that appears. Remember that hiding the comment keeps it safe in case you change your mind.
5. In the confirmation popup that appears, select Delete once more. The Hide comment option does not require confirmation; it is immediate, but you can choose Unhide later.

Although this is not an ideal solution, such as a simple checkbox that will permanently disable comments, it does provide you with some control over unwanted content.

How to turn off facebook comments on pages and groups

Facebook has made it possible to disable comments on Facebook pages and groups, but you must be the group admin or the original poster.

1. Click Groups from the Settings menu on the left-hand side of the Facebook page, then tap on the group you manage.
2. Scroll through the posts until you find the one you want to disable comments on.
3. Turn off commenting by clicking the horizontal ellipsis (three horizontal dots) in the post’s upper right-hand corner. Unfortunately, you cannot disable comments for the entire website.

You’ll be able to easily correct and delete comments if you control your own Facebook group, so stick to pages that give you administrative permission. You’ll have more control over your content and how people react to it this way. You can also private your group so that only those you invite can comment.

Conclusion

You cannot disable Facebook comments, as demonstrated in this article, but you can limit who can post them and block specific words in comments so that they do not appear on your profile/timeline/pages. Defining who you connect with on Facebook also improves your online experience by reducing the availability of comments. Use the suggestions above to give yourself complete control over your profile or page posts. The processes take more time, but they limit others’ comment capabilities, reducing your headaches.