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Facebook has been part of our daily lives for more than 17 years, and it has almost three billion active users. You can now hide other peoples' comments on your own Timeline.

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Facebook is one of the best social media websites for catching up with friends and family.

It's helped people to connect during the coronavirus lockdown, as well as reconnect with long-lost friends.

But, unfortunately, some people may be using Facebook for spreading hate or personal attacks.

As a result, Facebook has now given its users the chance to hide other peoples' comments.

READ MORE: Messenger is down across the UK - Facebook chat app suffers outage

Now that we’re clear on the terms, we can talk specifically about hiding a comment on Facebook.

Cleaning up Facebook comments via browser

Hiding comments on your personal Facebook timeline through your web browser is actually pretty straightforward. Click on “Comment” under the post in question to expand the reply section. When you find a comment you’d rather not see, hover your cursor to the right of it until you see the three dots. Clicking on the three dots will give you the option to either “Delete” or “Hide comment”.

You can always “unhide” a comment if you want it to show back up.

If you find that you would rather not read some of the Facebook comments that appear on other people’s posts, not to worry, you can also hide comments on your contacts’ posts. More importantly, you can also hide comments on content posted by Facebook pages you follow. (Goodbye, trolls!)

You can do it through your web browser by once again hovering your cursor to the right of the comment, tapping on the three dots, and clicking “Hide comment”.

Same rules apply as above: You’re the only one who remains oblivious to the hidden comment; everybody else can still see it. You can also unhide it whenever you want. The only thing that changes is you cannot delete the comment yourself. You can, however, report the comment to Facebook, as a last resort.

Hiding Facebook comments via the Facebook app

To get started, tap “Comment” on the post to show you all the comments posted in reaction to it. Long press the comment you want to hide to pull up the menu and tap “Hide comment.”

Once you do this, the comment will be replaced with a notice that says “This comment has been hidden” and will remain in the comment section of the post, but it will be grayed out. And just like in the web browser, you can also unhide it: Simply long-press the grayed-out message and choose “Unhide comment.”

If the comment you wish to hide is in the comment section of a Facebook page you follow or a friend’s post, you can follow the same procedure as above: Long press on the comment and choose “Hide comment.” You can unhide it if and when you want to see the comment again. Again, if the comment goes beyond the normal level of offensive, you can choose to report it.

*First Published: Sep 30, 2019, 12:38 pm CDT

Jam Kotenko

Jam Kotenko is a technology reporter who specializes in coverage of Instagram, Facebook, and other social media apps. Her work has been published by Digital Trends, Bustle, and Gotta Be Mobile.

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