Block certain words from appearing in comments on your Facebook Page

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If you help manage a Facebook Page, you may block certain words from appearing in comments on your Page. When people include a word you've blocked in a comment, we’ll hide the comment so that it doesn’t appear on your Page.
You can also block comments with profanity. Learn how to turn the profanity filter on and off for your Page.
If you have Facebook access to a Page, you can choose up to 1,000 keywords in any language (example: words, phrases or emoji) to block from comments on your Page.
We’ll also automatically hide variations of the keywords that you want to block so that the variations don’t contribute to the 1,000 keyword limit. Variations include common misspellings, plurals, abbreviations and words that use numbers or symbols. For example:
  • If you block the word “tree,” we’ll automatically block variations of that word such as: TREE, t.r.e.e., tr33, treee and #tree. This means that you don’t have to include these variations in your keyword list.
  • If we find keyword variations in your list, you can choose to remove them so that they aren’t included in your keyword limit.
Keep in mind: If you have task access to a Page, you can choose keywords to block in Meta Business Suite. We’ll automatically hide variations for keywords that you add, but you won’t be able to review or remove variations.

Block keywords from your Page

  1. Log into Facebook, then click your profile photo in the top right.
  2. Click See all profiles, then select the Page you want to switch into.
  3. Click your Page photo at the top right, then click Settings & privacy.
  4. Click Settings, then in the left menu, click Followers and public content.
  5. Click Hide comments containing certain words from your Page.
  6. Add keywords that you want to block:
    • To add words or phrases: Type words or phrases separated by commas.
    • To add an emoji: Click Emoji, then select the emoji you want to block.
    • To add a list of keywords:
      • You can copy a list of keywords, paste it in the text box, then press Enter on your keyboard.
      • If you manage multiple Pages, you can copy your keyword list from one Page to another. To copy the list from your Page, click Options. Switch to the Page that you want to add your list to, then follow the instructions above to add your list to that Page.
      • If you’d like to upload a list of keywords, click Options, then select Upload from .CSV and follow the instructions to upload your file.
  7. Review your keyword list.
    • If you included variations in your list, click Show Variations to see them. The variations will appear in gray. You can remove them by clicking Remove [number] Variations.
    • If you want to remove an individual keyword from the list, click X next to it. You can also click Clear list to remove all of your keywords.
  8. Click Save.

Keep in mind

You can only hide comments containing certain words from appearing in content you created. This setting does not affect the comments on other people's posts or posts you’re added to as a collaborator.
The profiles and Pages that created the comment and their friends will still be able to see the hidden comments.
You can unhide comments that contain blocked words by going to the comment and clicking Unhide.
Learn how to block certain words from appearing in comments on your Facebook profile.

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