Youtube what happens if you block a user

Devon Delfino and William Antonelli. You can block YouTube channels to prevent users from commenting on your videos or channel. Blocked YouTube channels can still watch your videos, but all their previous comments will be hidden. YouTube channels you block won't be told that they've been blocked. Visit Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Devon Delfino. Devon Delfino is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist specializing in personal finance, culture, politics, and identity.

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You can find him on Twitter DubsRewatcher , or reach him by email at wantonelli insider. TECH How to block emails on any service or app and save your inbox from spam. Additional comments. To turn comment moderation on, visit your video channel and choose the "Info and Settings" option from the Edit drop-down menu by the clip in question. Choose "Advanced Settings" and then tick the "Allow Comments" box, selecting "Approved" from the drop-down menu next to it.

Comments will then only appear when you approve them from your YouTube inbox. An information technology journalist since , David Nield writes about the Web, technology, hardware and software. Home Social Media. How to Block To block another on YouTube, open her profile page by clicking her username on any comment, for example.

Viewing Blocked Users To see a list of users you've blocked on YouTube, click the arrow by your avatar picture to open the user account drop-down menu. For clarification, each hidden user isn't technically banned from your channel. They can still watch your content, but they can't engage with you with comments, and that includes live chats.

If you do have a change of heart, and you want to reinstate the comment privileges for a user, you can remove them from this list. You can ban someone via the YouTube Creator Studio app, but other than hiding viewers from your content, you can't manage them. You have to go back to desktop if you want to remove that user from the hidden users list.

But there's going to be a whole lot of support for you as well. You may want to reward the most loyal and engaged members of your community by turning them into moderators.