How to Post on Facebook Without Allowing Comments

Thinking about posting on Facebook but want to skip the comment section? You're in the right place. Sometimes you need to share an update, announcement, or piece of content without opening the floodgates for feedback - for a variety of reasons. This guide gives you the exact, step-by-step process for turning off comments on your Facebook posts, whether you’re using a personal profile, a business page, or managing a group.

Why Turn Off Comments on Facebook?

Limiting a comment section isn't about being antisocial, it's a strategic choice for sanity and message control. For brands and creators, it’s a powerful tool with several valuable uses:

• Make a Clear Announcement: When you’re sharing important news, pricing changes, or a final decision, you might want the message to stand on its own without debate or distraction.
• Prevent Spam and Trolls: Some posts, especially paid ads or controversial topics, can attract waves of spam bots and deliberately disruptive comments. Shutting them down preserves your page’s integrity.
• Run Contests with Specific Rules: If contest entries are supposed to happen somewhere else (like a landing page), turning off comments on the announcement post prevents confusion and keeps all entries in one place.
• Reduce Moderation Workload: For a small team or solo creator, a post going viral can suddenly create hours of comment moderation work. Disabling them lets you focus your energy elsewhere.
• Protect Your Mental Health: Public-facing roles can be taxing. There are times when you need to share something without inviting public opinion for your own well-being. By turning comments off, you get to control the conversation and protect your mental space.

Whatever your reason, knowing how to control the conversation is a fundamental part of social media management. Facebook’s settings can feel a little scattered, but the controls are there if you know where to look.

How to Limit Comments on a Personal Facebook Profile

Let's get one thing straight right away: on your personal profile, Facebook doesn't give you a simple "off switch" for comments on every post. Your friends will almost always be able to comment on anything you share with them. You do, however, have control over who can comment on your public posts - the ones visible to everyone inside and outside of your network.

This is useful if you want to share an update with the wider world but only want to hear from people you actually know. You can change this setting at any time, and it will apply to all of your past and future public posts.

Step-by-Step Guide for Desktop

1. Navigate to your Facebook homepage and click your profile picture in the top-right corner.
2. Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown menu, then click Settings.
3. In the left-hand sidebar, scroll down to the Audience and Visibility section and click Followers and Public Content.
4. Find the option labeled Public Post Comments. You’ll see a few choices like "Public," "Friends of Friends," and "Friends."
5. To restrict comments to only people on your friends list, select Friends.

That's it. From now on, whenever you make a post and set its visibility to "Public," only your direct friends will have the ability to comment on it. Strangers can still see and react to the post, but the comment button will be gone for them.

Step-by-Step Guide for Mobile (iOS & Android)

1. Open the Facebook app and tap the menu icon (three horizontal lines, often called the "hamburger" menu) in the bottom-right corner.
2. Scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy, then tap Settings.
3. Under the Audience and Visibility section, find and tap Followers and Public Content.
4. Scroll to the Public Post Comments section.
5. Select Friends from the list.

Just like on desktop, this change will apply to all your public posts instantly. This method is a great middle-ground for maintaining a public-facing presence without having to manage commentary from strangers.

How to Turn Off Comments on a Facebook Page Post

For brands, businesses, and public figures using a Facebook Page, you have more direct control over your comment sections, post by post. The most reliable method is to disable comments right after you publish something.

Here’s how to do it. The process is nearly identical for both desktop and mobile.

Turning Off Comments on an Existing Page Post

This is the go-to method for locking down a specific announcement or piece of marketing content immediately after it goes live.

1. Go to your Facebook Page and find the post where you want to disable comments.
2. Click or tap the three-dot menu (...) in the top-right corner of the post itself.
3. From the dropdown menu, you should see an option that says Who can comment on your post?.
4. A new menu will appear, giving you options. The most restrictive option is usually Profiles and Pages you mention. If you didn’t mention anyone in your post, selecting this effectively turns comments off for everyone.

Once you confirm, the comment box on your post will disappear for viewers. If anyone commented before you made the change, their comments will be hidden. You can always reverse this by following the same steps and choosing a less restrictive option like “Public” or “Pages you follow.” The great news is, if you turn commenting back on, all of the original comments will reappear.

How to Turn Off Comments in a Facebook Group

As a Group admin or moderator, you have the most powerful set of tools for controlling conversations. You can lock comments on a single post that’s become unruly or even hit the pause button on the entire group when things get too heated.

Disabling Comments on an Individual Group Post

This is your go-to move when a specific discussion needs to end. It’s perfect for closing a debate, finalizing an announcement, or just preventing a productive thread from turning into a late-night argument.

1. Find the relevant post inside your Facebook Group.
2. Click the three-dot menu (...) in the top-right corner of the post.
3. From the dropdown, simply select Turn off commenting.

Instantly, the comment field will disappear for everyone, replaced with a small note that says "[Your Name] turned off commenting for this post." Members can still see all the previous comments, but no one can add new ones. This is a precise and highly effective moderation tool.

Temporarily Pause the Entire Group

Let's say a major event is happening, misinformation is spreading, or your entire admin team is taking a much-needed holiday break. Facebook gives you the ability to temporarily "pause" all activity in your group.

1. From your group’s main page, click Manage in the menu below the banner image.
2. In the Admin Tools on the left, scroll down to Group Settings.
3. Look for the Pause Group option.
4. When you choose to pause it, an announcement will appear at the top of the group. While the group is paused, members will not be able to create new posts or comment on existing content. You, as an admin, can unpause the group at any time.

Alternative Strategies for Managing Comments

Disabling comments entirely is a strong move, but it's not the only way to manage your community and maintain a positive experience. Before you completely shut down the conversation, think about using these moderation tools:

1. Set Up Automated Moderation

For Facebook Pages, and especially for groups, you can set up powerful filters to do the hard work for you. You can automatically hide comments that include:

• Specific keywords or phrases (like spam links, competitor names, or common slurs).
• Profanity (using Facebook’s built-in blocklist, which you can set to medium or strong).

You can find this in your Page Settings under Content Moderation or in your group's Moderation Alerts. This allows conversations to continue while keeping the trolls and spammers at bay.

2. Pin a Comment to Set the Tone

For posts about sensitive topics, you can immediately post your own comment outlining the rules for discussion, then "pin" it to the top. This positions you as a proactive moderator and lets everyone know what’s expected, helping keep the conversation productive.

3. Respond, Then Hide Individual Comments

Sometimes you need to address a difficult question publicly but don’t want that negative discussion to stay public. Once you’ve answered a critical or misleading comment, consider "hiding" it. The person who posted it and their friends can still see it, but it becomes invisible to everyone else on your Page. This resolves the bad publicity without outright deleting it, which may sometimes ignite a new argument about censorship.

Final Thoughts

Mastering control over your Facebook comment sections allows you to share content on your own terms. Whether you're tightening the audience on a personal public post, closing a discussion on a Page announcement, or moderating an active group, these specific tools give you the flexibility to manage your community effectively.

Speaking of management, we know how tough it can be to track activity and comments when you're running multiple social media profiles. Here at Postbase, we built our unified inbox specifically to tackle this challenge. It brings every comment and DM from all your connected platforms into a single, clean feed. Our organized workflow helps you feel in control of the conversation, instead of being overwhelmed by it. By having your comments under control, it's easier to engage consistently without letting anything slip between the cracks, all without having to learn an overly complicated tool with features you'll never use.