---
title: 'How to: Manage and Filter Comments'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=bfFIcEvkuN8'
video_id: 'bfFIcEvkuN8'
date: 2026-08-01
duration_sec: 85
---

# How to: Manage and Filter Comments

> Source: [How to: Manage and Filter Comments](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bfFIcEvkuN8)

## Summary

This video provides a concise tutorial on managing and filtering YouTube comments using the YouTube Studio mobile app. It demonstrates how to access, sort, and filter comments, engage with viewers by replying, hearting, and pinning, and moderate unwanted comments using removal, flagging, and channel-wide content controls.

### Key Points

- **Accessing Comments** [00:00] — Open the YouTube Studio app and tap Community to view all comments; the feed is sorted by most relevant by default.
- **Filtering Options** [00:14] — Change the view, filter by keywords or the commenter's subscriber status, and use the updated response status filter to combine options and locate unanswered conversations or new responses to replies.
- **Engagement Tools** [00:26] — Reply to comments, tap the heart to show appreciation, or use the three-dot menu to pin a comment to the top to highlight a question or funny remark.
- **Moderation Actions** [00:51] — Remove inappropriate comments, flag them for review, or hide the user from the channel.
- **Channel-wide Controls** [00:51] — Navigate to Profile picture > Settings > Content controls to set upload defaults that hold potentially inappropriate comments automatically, disable comments entirely for new videos, or add a blocked words list.

## Transcript

Master your YouTube comments on the go with  these mobile tools. In the YouTube Studio app,   tap community and view all comments. You'll see  your feed sorted by most relevant by default,  
but you can easily change that view. You can  even filter by keywords or the commenters   subscriber status. We've updated the response  status filter so you can combine options to  
help you quickly find conversations you haven't  responded to as well as new responses to your   replies. Once you find a great comment, you  can reply. Tap the heart to show appreciation  
or use the three dot menu to pin it to the top  to highlight a question or a funny remark. Now,   let's talk about handling unwanted comments.  You have the power to protect your space. If  
a comment is inappropriate, you can remove it,  flag it for review, or hide the user from your   channel. For channelwide safety, tap your profile  picture, then settings and content controls. Then  
you can set upload defaults to hold a broader  range of potentially inappropriate comments   automatically or disable comments entirely for  new videos. You can also add a blocked words list.  
We hope these tools help you better  manage and engage with your community.