Friends, it is time to take YouTube back from these trolls,
and in this video I'm gonna show you what you three things
that you must do to stop annoying comments, spam comments,
impersonations, all this crap, forever.
And a third is a free TubeBuddy tool
that we built just for you.
Let's get started.
First, go to YouTube Studio and click settings
in the bottom left corner, click community,
then scroll down to blocked words.
Kids, cover your eyes.
As you can see, we've added just about every nasty word
or phrase you can think of.
Every variation and every spelling is represented.
In total, there's over 1000 words.
Your channel's blocked words is a list of words and phrases
You don't want to show up in your comments section.
You decide which words that you want blocked,
then YouTube will automatically remove any comments
that contain those words
before they get posted to your videos.
Generally speaking, you want to add words
that are offensive, inappropriate, or just out of line.
Remember, the words that you blocked are not
only just to protect you as the creator,
they're also to protect your viewers
who could be targeted by hurtful
and spammy comments as well.
And, pro tip here, add words that are commonly used in scams
and sales pitches like crypto and Max.
Then add new words that pop up in your comments section
over time.
But you should also use this as an opportunity
to protect the information
that you don't want to get shared.
If you're a faceless channel,
or one that goes by an online alias,
make sure to add your real name to this list
so nobody can dox you.
You should probably add your email, home address,
and phone number just to be safe.
And don't worry if a comment is removed by mistake,
you can always manually approve it
in the held for review section.
While you're in this tab,
look to see if you have this other tab
titled channel guidelines.
At the time of this recording,
we personally don't have this tab,
but many creators like you might,
and our friend Nick Nimmin does,
so he will be the one that we use for this example.
But it's worth noting that this feature
is still in the experimentation phase.
It's slowly being rolled out to more channels.
So if you don't have it yet, just keep an eye out for it.
The channel guidelines section will allow you
to set a welcome message and up to three rules
that you encourage your viewers to follow.
This is great for setting the tone of your channel
and letting viewers know what kind of behavior
will and will not be tolerated in your comments section.
It only shows up on mobile, Android, and iOS devices
right now.
But if the creator has it enabled,
viewers will see a message like this
before they leave a comment.
And here's a free tool that you have access to
if you have the TubeBuddy extension downloaded,
and you know, it's free,
just click the link in the description.
Sometimes you have that viewer
who will leave multiple unwanted comments
across a large number of videos.
It can be frustrating and time consuming
to go back and uncover, then delete all of their comments.
That's why we created this option
to delete all comments from an individual user.
To access this, simply click on the comments page,
and hit the three dot action menu from the options
below the offender's comments.
Select TubeBuddy's remove all existing comments
from this user option,
and the tool will script through all of your comments
across all videos,
and find all the user's comments on your channel
in a matter of seconds.
Click delete, then problem solved.
And those are three ways to take control
of your YouTube comments sections
and keep the trolls from ruining the fun.
Now, do me a favor, smash the subscribe button.
See you guys next time.
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Love you all and keep creating.
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