Hide or unhide users from your channel

You can hide users and their associated accounts so that certain activity isn’t visible on your channel, including:

Hidden users and their associated accounts also can’t .

Keep in mind:

If you hide someone, they aren’t notified.
Past activity from associated accounts isn’t hidden.
Past comments from hidden users won’t show on your Comments page in YouTube Studio.

Hide a user

To hide someone from your channel:

Sign in to YouTube.
Find a comment that they’ve left on your channel or video.
Next to the comment, select More 👁 Image
👁 and then
Hide user from channel 👁 Image
.

To hide someone from your channel in YouTube Studio:

Find the user's channel URL from their channel homepage.
Go to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Community moderation 👁 and then
User management.
Under the “Automated Filters” section, paste the channel URL in the “Hidden users” box.
Select Save.

To view a list of users you’ve hidden:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Community moderation 👁 and then
User management.
Under the “Automated Filters” section, review users you’ve hidden in the “Hidden users” box.

You can remove someone from your “Hidden users” list to show new comments they leave. To unhide a hidden user:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Community moderation 👁 and then
User management.
In the “Hidden users” box, find the user you'd like to show.
Select Remove 👁 Image
next to their name.
Select Save.

To learn when to report abuse, harassment, inappropriate content, or privacy concerns, visit our Creator Safety Center for more info.

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