If you need to hide comments on Facebook because someone left something inappropriate, annoying, or simply unwanted on one of your posts, you don’t have to delete it right away.
Facebook lets you hide comments on posts from your profile and on Pages you manage. The comment disappears for most people, while the person who wrote it and their friends may still be able to see it.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to hide a comment from a phone or computer, what happens afterward, and how to make it visible again.
How to Hide a Comment on Facebook
The easiest way to hide comments on Facebook is directly from the post where they appear.
From the Facebook app
- Open Facebook and go to the post containing the comment.
- Next, find the comment you want to hide.
- Press and hold the comment to open its options.
- Then, tap Hide comment.
Depending on your version of the Facebook app, you may instead need to tap the three-dot menu next to the comment.
From a computer
- Open Facebook and go to the post containing the comment.
- Find the comment you want to hide.
- Next, hover over it and click the three-dot menu.
- Finally, choose Hide comment.
Facebook also hides the replies under that comment. If you only want to hide a specific reply, open the options for that reply instead.
What Happens When You Hide a Comment on Facebook?
When hiding comments on Facebook, the comments are not deleted. If you’re wondering who can still see a hidden comment, it remains visible to:
- The person who posted it.
- That person’s Facebook friends.
For most other people who can see your post, the comment and its replies will no longer appear. This makes hiding useful when you want to keep an unwanted comment out of view without deleting it.
Facebook does not notify the person that you hid their comment. However, they may eventually notice if other people stop interacting with that part of the conversation.
How to Unhide a Comment on Facebook
If you change your mind, you can make a hidden comment visible again.
- Return to the post where you hid the comment.
- Find the hidden comment.
- Tap or click Unhide below it.
You may also see Unhide comment inside the three-dot menu.
Once restored, the comment and its replies become visible again to the original audience of the post.
If you manage a Facebook Page, you may also be able to open the comment sorting menu and choose Hidden by this Page to find comments you previously hid.
Can You Hide Your Own Facebook Comments From Friends?
Facebook does not offer an audience setting that lets you hide one of your own comments from selected friends.
If you comment on someone else’s post, who can see your comment generally depends on the audience of that post. If you no longer want the comment to appear there, your practical options are to edit or delete it.
To delete your comment, open its menu and choose Delete.
This works differently from hiding someone else’s comment on a post you control. Deleting your own comment removes it completely instead of leaving a hidden version behind.
Conclusion
You can hide comments on Facebook without deleting them by opening the comment menu and choosing Hide comment. This option works on posts from your profile and, when you have the necessary access, on Facebook Pages you manage.
Keep in mind that hiding a comment does not make it invisible to everyone: the person who posted it and their friends may still be able to see it. If you change your mind, simply return to the post and choose Unhide to make the comment visible again.
For additional privacy, you can also make your Facebook friends list private and limit the connections displayed on your profile.
