How to Turn off Comments on Instagram Post?

You can turn off comments to prevent people from commenting on your Instagram posts. When you turn off commenting, any comments that are currently on your post will be hidden.

If you turn commenting back on for a post, previous comments will be restored and people will see previous comments and will able to comment again.

Here’s how you can turn commenting off or on on Instagram posts you have shared.

Turn Off Comments on Instagram Post

You can not disable or turn off comments on all of your Instagram posts at once. But Instagram does let you disable or turn off comments on a per-post basis. Here’s how you can do it easily using Instagram App.

• Open Instagram App on your smartphone.
• Now, browse to the post in which you want to turn off comments.
• Tap on three-dot menu option on the top-right corner of the post.
• Select Turn off Commenting option in the menu that appears.
• Done, The comments section will disappear in the particular post.

After the comments will disappear. No one will be able to access earlier comments, and your followers will also lose the ability to post new comments.

You can also turn on comments at any time. To turn on comments Go to three-dot option in the post and choose the Turn on Commenting option.

Turn Off Comments while Posting

Sometimes, you already know that you don’t want to read comments on a post that you are about to make. In that case, Instagram will let you disable or turn off comments just before the post goes live.

Here’s how you can do it easily while making a post on Instagram.

• Pick the media that you want to share in your post.
• Go to screen where you can write the caption and tag users.
• Here select Advanced Settings option at the bottom of the screen.
• Enable the Turn Off Commenting option and hit the Back button.
• Next, when you are ready to post, click on Share button to share the post with disabled comments.

You can also turn on comments at any time. To turn on comments Go to three-dot option in the post and choose the Turn on Commenting option.