How to filter, turn off and delete TikTok comments

This sets the default for every post on your account:

1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu button (three lines) at the top, then Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Privacy, then Comments.
4. Tap Allow comments from and choose who can comment.

• Everyone: anyone can comment. Only for public accounts.
• Followers: only people following you. Only for private accounts.
• Friends: only followers you follow back.

Source: TikTok Support: Manage comments, checked 15 October 2026

For a video that's already posted:

1. Go to the post. You can find it on your profile.
2. Tap the More options (...) button.
3. Tap Privacy settings at the bottom. You may need to swipe to find it.
4. Turn Allow comments off.

• Before you post: on the Post screen, tap More options (...) and turn Allow comments off.

Source: TikTok Support: Manage comments, checked 15 October 2026

All four sit under Comment filters in Settings and privacy, Privacy, Comments. Filtered comments are hidden, not deleted, until you approve them.

1. To add keywords: under Comment filters, tap Filter keywords in comments.
2. Turn on Filter specific keywords.
3. Tap Add keywords and enter the words to filter.

Source: TikTok Support: Manage comments, checked 15 October 2026

Check the queue regularly, or genuine questions from customers can sit hidden:

1. Go to Settings and privacy, Privacy, then Comments.
2. Tap Review filtered comments.
3. Tap Approve or Delete below each comment.

Source: TikTok Support: Manage comments, checked 15 October 2026

To clear spam from one post quickly:

1. Tap the Comments button on the side of the post.
2. Tap the Filters button at the top, or press and hold a comment and tap Manage multiple comments.
3. Select up to 100 comments.
4. Tap Delete and confirm.

• To delete a single comment, press and hold it and tap Delete.
• Blocking an account stops that person viewing your videos or engaging with you through messages, comments, follows or likes.

Source: TikTok Support: Comments, checked 15 October 2026

If you're under 18, different comment settings apply. TikTok points to its privacy and safety settings for users under 18 for details.

• Filter all comments is missing: TikTok says it isn't available to everyone yet.
• Everyone isn't an option: it's only for public accounts. Followers is only for private accounts.
• Commenting is blocked with an alert: you may have been commenting too quickly. Wait 24 hours and try again.
• Comments won't post: check you're logged in, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, clear the app cache, restart, and update the app.
• You can't delete a comment you posted: that isn't possible if the post is private or the Story has expired.

Source: TikTok Support: Manage comments, checked 15 October 2026

Zolyp, which publishes this guide, is an AI social media manager: it plans, writes, designs and schedules posts for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Business, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and Threads, and you approve the week before anything goes out. It doesn't moderate TikTok comments, so these filters are still the tool for that. A practical habit: add your keyword list before a busy launch or promotion goes live.