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How to Delete a Comment on Facebook
Deleting a comment on Facebook takes seconds: open the post, click Options next to the comment, and select Delete, though whose comment it is changes what you are allowed to do.
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Step 1: Confirm Whose Comment It Is and What You Can Delete
Facebook applies different rules to three situations:
Your own comment, anywhere: you can delete or edit it.
Any comment on your own personal post or your Page's post: you can delete or hide it.
Someone else's comment on a post you do not own: you cannot delete it. You can only report it.
For a Page, Meta's own help pages distinguish two kinds of access: Facebook access lets you switch into the Page and hide, sort or delete comments on its posts, while task access cannot. Page access itself lives under Settings & privacy, Settings, Page setup, Page access, if you need to check or change who has which.
Before acting, choose between three options. Delete removes the comment from the post. Hide keeps it visible only to the person who wrote it and their friends, so they may not realize it is hidden. Report flags it to Facebook for review and does not by itself remove it from your Page.
Ad comments live on the same Page, but they can be harder to find since they sit under the ad's post rather than your visible timeline. You can usually reach them through the ad preview in Ads Manager or through the Page's published posts.
Step 2: Delete a Comment on Desktop
Go to the post that has the comment you want to delete.
Click Options to the right of the comment.
Select Delete.
This is the same mechanic for your own comment and, if it is your Page's post, for someone else's comment on it. If the only problem is a typo on your own comment, choose Edit from the same menu instead, which keeps the thread intact.
Think before deleting a comment that has replies underneath it: the comment disappears from view, and the replies can go with it, so check the thread afterward if those replies matter to you.
The most common mistake is clicking the menu for the post itself, usually in the post's own top corner, rather than the Options control next to the comment. The post-level menu offers things like saving or hiding the whole post, not deleting a single comment. If you do not see Delete, back out and look for Options directly beside the comment text.
Step 3: Delete a Comment in the Mobile App
The mechanic is the same as desktop: find the Options control next to the comment and choose Delete. Exactly how you reach that control (a tap-and-hold, or a small icon beside the comment) can vary by phone and app version, so if you do not see it where you expect, look directly on the comment text rather than the post itself.
If a comment will not delete, refresh the post first, then update the app. If it still fails, open Facebook in a desktop browser and use the steps above. Desktop is often the quickest workaround for a stubborn comment.
One trap affects Page managers: if you commented as your Page, you must delete the comment while acting as that Page. Commenting as your Page and then viewing the post as your personal profile can hide the delete option. Switch to the Page profile first, find the comment again, and delete it from there.
Step 4: Delete or Hide Someone Else's Comment on Your Post or Page
On your own post or your Page's post, you control the comment section. Open the post, click Options next to the comment, and pick Delete. For a softer option, pick Hide comment instead.
When to delete and when to hide
Delete clear spam, scam links, hate and anything abusive. Hide borderline cases, such as a customer complaint you would rather answer privately. A hidden comment still shows to the person who wrote it and their friends, so they have little reason to notice and repost. Deleting a comment that was really just blunt criticism, by contrast, can provoke more posts and a worse public reaction.
Repeat accounts
Meta calls removing someone's ability to interact with your Page "blocking," even though search results and older articles still say "ban." From a comment on desktop, hover over the commenter's photo, click Options, then Block. On mobile, tap and hold the comment, then tap Block user. Blocking is separate from deleting: removing a comment clears one message, while blocking stops that profile from seeing your Page's posts, tagging it, or starting a conversation with it going forward. (Blocking someone from a Facebook Page covers the rest of the settings-based route and what a block does and does not do.)
Reporting
For abuse, harassment, impersonation or scams, choose Report as well. Deleting cleans up your Page, but reporting lets Facebook act on the account beyond your own comment section. You can delete and report the same comment: report first if the menu closes after you delete.
Step 5: Catch Comments Before They Appear, Using Page Moderation Settings
Deleting after the fact means someone has already seen the comment. A Page-level filter catches much of it earlier. Under Settings & privacy, Settings, Followers and public content, you can add up to 1,000 blocked keywords, phrases or emoji, and turn on the profanity filter, a single toggle for hiding posts and comments with profanity. Meta also hides common variations of a blocked word automatically, including misspellings, plurals, abbreviations, and numbers or symbols swapped in for letters.
Build the keyword list around your own niche rather than generic swear words. Good candidates include:
Spam phrases you keep seeing, such as "DM me for" bait and "make money from home"
Scam link fragments and suspicious domains
Competitor names, if people routinely drop promotional replies under your posts
Misspelled variants of the above, since spammers alter spellings to dodge filters
Mistake to avoid: overly broad keyword lists. Block a common word like "free" or "link" and you may hide genuine customer questions such as "Is shipping free?" Start narrow, then review what gets hidden weekly and adjust. A filter that silences real buyers costs you sales.
Step 6: Handle Comments on Ads Without Burning Hours
Comments under a paid ad are part of the ad's impression. Spam, scams and abuse beneath it undermine the social proof on traffic you are paying for, and can push real prospects away before they click. Rather than cite a number, measure it yourself: scan a few of your top ads and count how many visible comments are junk.
Manual deletion works for a handful of comments. It breaks down once you run several ads at once, or get activity overnight and on weekends: each ad is a separate post to check, and spam can sit visible for hours before anyone sees it.
Exerta's comment moderation product addresses this layer for Facebook, Instagram and TikTok ads: it hides or removes spam, scam and abusive comments automatically, while leaving legitimate buyer questions visible to answer. Other tools in this space include NapoleonCat, BrandBastion, Respondology and CommentGuard. Compare them on which platforms they cover, how they treat borderline comments, and how much control you keep over the rules, and confirm current features and pricing on each vendor's own site.
FAQ
Can I delete a comment someone else left on my Facebook post?
Yes, if it is on your own personal post or your Page's post. Click Options next to the comment and select Delete. You cannot delete someone else's comment on a post you do not own. Your only option there is to report it.
What is the difference between deleting, hiding and reporting a comment?
Delete removes it from the post entirely. Hide keeps it visible only to the person who wrote it and their friends, so they may not notice. Report flags it to Facebook for review and does not by itself remove anything from your Page. Hide suits borderline comments. Delete or report suits clear spam and abuse.
Why can't I find the delete option on a comment?
Check that you are clicking Options directly next to the comment, not the menu for the post itself. If you commented as your Page, you need to be acting as that Page to delete it, not viewing the post as your personal profile. If you manage the Page, confirm you have Facebook access rather than only task access, since task access cannot delete or hide comments.
Does deleting a comment also delete the replies under it?
The comment disappears from view, and its replies can disappear with it. Check the thread afterward if those replies matter, since this is the kind of platform behavior that can change.
How do I stop spam comments from appearing instead of deleting them one by one?
Add blocked keywords and turn on the profanity filter under your Page's Settings & privacy, Settings, Followers and public content. For ad comments at real volume, pair that with an automated moderation tool, since native filters work from the words and phrases on your list and cannot judge what a new comment means.
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