# How to Turn Off Comments on a Facebook Post

> Facebook comment controls depend on whether you posted from a profile, Page, or Group. Find the right post menu and learn what each option actually does.

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**The answer depends on where the post lives.** For a public post on your personal profile or a Facebook Page, look for **Who can comment on your post?** in that post’s options. This lets you limit the commenting audience. For a post in a Facebook Group, an eligible person can use **Turn off commenting** on that group post. These controls are different: restricting an audience is not the same menu action as turning commenting off. Facebook’s labels and available options may vary by account, post type, and device.

If you opened the three-dot menu and did not see the option you expected, first confirm whether you are viewing a personal profile, a Page, or a Group. Then use the matching section below. Do not delete a post just because its comments are becoming difficult; you may have a narrower control available.

## On a public post on your personal profile

1. Open the public post **on your own profile**.
2. Select the **three dots** on that post.
3. Look for **Who can comment on your post?** and choose the audience that fits your purpose. Meta says the post-level control can range from everyone who can see a public post to only the people and Pages mentioned in it. If the menu is absent, check that this is your post and that its audience is **Public**. [Meta explains the public-post control](https://about.fb.com/news/2021/03/more-control-and-context-in-news-feed/).

Choosing a smaller comment audience leaves the post’s **viewing audience** as a separate decision. For example, a public post can remain public while its comment audience is narrower. If the menu offers an option limited to mentioned people and Pages, inspect the post for tags before choosing it. A tag may allow that account to comment. A post with nobody mentioned may leave nobody else eligible under that option, but check the actual options and result shown to your account rather than treating it as a guaranteed “off” button.

If the post is shared with **Friends** or a custom audience instead of Public, do not assume the public-post comment menu applies. Use the audience selector on the post to decide who can see it. This reduces the number of potential commenters by reducing visibility, and it also changes who can read the post. Choose that only if you want a viewing change as well as a commenting change. [Facebook explains the post audience selector](https://www.facebook.com/help/170116376402147).

### Set a default for your public profile posts

Facebook separately documents a setting for who may comment on your **public posts**. Open **Settings & privacy**, then **Settings**, and find **Followers and public content**. Look for **Who can comment on your public posts?** and review the available audiences, such as Public, Friends of friends, and Friends. The exact navigation can change between desktop and mobile. This setting covers public profile posts generally; a choice on one individual public post applies only to that post. It is not a universal control for every Page or Group post. [Facebook’s public-post help page](https://www.facebook.com/help/1625371524453896) describes that distinction; [Meta’s public-post announcement](https://about.fb.com/news/2021/03/more-control-and-context-in-news-feed/) explains the individual-post audience control.

Profile photos, cover photos, and other **public profile information** have a related but separate comment setting. If the troublesome replies are under a profile picture rather than a regular public post, use **Followers and public content → Public profile info** and review who may like or comment there. Facebook says tagged people and their friends may expand the audience under some settings, so check the tagging on the item as well. [Facebook’s public-profile-information guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/1740480369504183/) gives the scope and menu path.

## On a post from a Facebook Page

First switch into the Page you manage and open the **specific Page post**. Check its three-dot menu for **Who can comment on your post?** Meta says Page posts can offer a commenting audience from people who can see the post down to the people and Pages tagged in it. Choose the audience shown that matches your aim, then inspect the post as the Page. Do not promise that every Page or post type will show an identically named menu. [Meta’s public-post explanation](https://about.fb.com/news/2021/03/more-control-and-context-in-news-feed/) covers comment-audience controls; [Facebook’s Page-access guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/289207354498410/) distinguishes Page management rights.

If your aim is to reduce **spam or abusive comments** while keeping ordinary questions open, use Page moderation instead of narrowing every commenter. Facebook documents a keyword filter that hides matching comments and a profanity filter for Pages. From the Page profile, open **Settings & privacy → Settings → Followers and public content → Hide comments containing certain words from your Page**. Add only words or phrases that actually match unwanted replies, review what is hidden, and adjust the list when it catches legitimate discussion. Facebook says people with task access may manage keywords through Meta Business Suite instead. [Facebook’s Page keyword-filter instructions](https://www.facebook.com/help/131671940241729) explain the access and steps.

Page access matters. Someone with task access may manage community activity through business tools but cannot necessarily switch into the Page on Facebook. If you cannot find a Page setting, check whether you are using the Page profile and which access you have before assuming the feature was removed. [Facebook’s Page-access guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/289207354498410/) lists the distinct access types.

Changing the comment audience or hiding a comment is not the same as deleting comments already there. Meta’s public explanation does not establish a universal rule for what happens to old Page comments when the commenting audience changes. Review the specific post after saving and use Facebook’s comment-management tools for existing replies if needed.

## On a post inside a Facebook Group

Open the post **within the Group**, select its three-dot menu, and look for **Turn off commenting**. Facebook’s [Group post-comment help page](https://www.facebook.com/help/987143528046827) describes this as a post-level control for Group admins, moderators, and the post creator. If you are none of those people, ask an admin or moderator to review the post. If the option appears, select it and check the post afterward. To allow new replies later, return to the post menu and look for **Turn on commenting**.

This action is scoped to the **individual Group post**. It does not shut comments on every post in the Group. A Group admin also has other, narrower controls: Facebook documents temporary limits on how often a specific member can comment, although that feature is not available to all Groups. Those limits address a member’s activity rather than closing a discussion for everybody. [Facebook’s Group activity-limit guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/719854838671405/) explains the eligibility and controls.

Do not confuse **post approval** with comment shutdown. Approving a new Group post governs whether the post appears; it does not, by itself, mean comments are off on an already visible post. Group permissions can also vary by group and member status, so someone who cannot comment should confirm whether the post itself has commenting turned off or whether a participation restriction applies. [Facebook’s public-group participation guide](https://www.facebook.com/help/1414053028933409/) documents that distinction.

## If you cannot find the control

Check these points in order:

1. **Are you on the original post?** A share, a screenshot, and the original post can have different owners and menus. Open the post itself and check who published it.
2. **Which surface is it?** A profile, Page, and Group do not use one universal menu. Group posts may show **Turn off commenting** while public profile and Page posts use a **Who can comment** audience control.
3. **Is the post public?** Meta’s profile-level per-post comment-audience control is described for **public posts**. A Friends-only or custom-audience post may need a different viewing-audience decision.
4. **Do you have the right role?** You must manage the Page or have the relevant Group role or be the Group post creator to use their controls.
5. **Is this a different format?** A Live, ad, or other specialized post can expose different controls. Open that format’s current Facebook Help entry instead of assuming the regular Feed-post instructions apply.

If the menu still does not appear, use the options Facebook actually presents to you: narrow the post’s viewing audience if privacy is the goal, moderate specific unwanted comments if the discussion should stay open, or ask a Group admin to review a Group post. Avoid third-party “turn off all comments” instructions that do not specify the surface, role, and post type.

## What happens to the post when comments are limited?

Restricting who can comment does **not automatically make a public post private**. Visibility is controlled by the post audience, while the comment audience controls who can reply. A Group’s **Turn off commenting** control addresses new replies to that Group post, rather than deleting the post itself. Whether existing comments remain visible after a particular Page or Group control changes is not established by the public Meta pages cited here; check your specific post and manage prior comments separately if they present a problem.

The practical rule is to identify the post’s home first, then change the smallest setting that solves your actual problem. That gives you a clear result without assuming Facebook offers the same switch everywhere.