How to block someone on YouTube (and what it actually does)

To block someone on YouTube, click their message in a live chat and choose Block, or block them from a mention in your notifications. Blocking means you stop seeing each other’s comments, live chat messages and mentions. It doesn’t hide their videos. Here’s each option, and what it actually does.

Updated November 2, 2026

1. Block someone

YouTube’s help lists two places to block an account: live chat, and a mention in your notifications.

In live chat

  1. Click (or tap) the person’s message, or the three dots next to it.
  2. Choose Block.
  3. Confirm with Block.

From a mention (in the app)

  1. On Home, tap the notifications bell at the top right.
  2. Tap Mentions.
  3. Next to the mention, tap the three dots, then Block this user, and confirm with Block.

What blocking does

According to YouTube, once you block someone:

  • You stop seeing their messages in live chat and in comments, and their mentions of you.
  • They stop seeing your messages in live chat and comments, and can’t mention you.
  • If you’re a creator, you’ll still see their comments on your channel in YouTube Studio.

A YouTube block applies only on YouTube, not to the rest of your Google Account. To undo it, YouTube’s help sends you to myaccount.google.com/blocklist.

2. Hide someone from your channel (for creators)

If someone keeps showing up under your own videos, hiding them is the stronger tool. Their comments, live chats and posts stop showing on your channel, and they aren’t notified.

  • From a comment: next to their comment on your video, open the three dots and choose Hide from channel.
  • From their channel page: click …more in their channel description, then Report user, and choose Hide user from my channel.
  • In YouTube Studio: go to Settings, then Community moderation, then User management, paste their channel URL into Hidden users, and save. That’s also where you see and unhide everyone you’ve hidden.

Once someone is hidden, their past comments no longer show on your Comments page in YouTube Studio. Creators can also add blocked words, so comments containing them are held for review instead of published.

3. What neither one does

  • Their videos still reach you. Blocking and hiding are about comments and chat. Their uploads can still appear in your Home feed, search results and the sidebar. Our guide to blocking a YouTube channel covers “Don’t recommend channel” and what it misses.
  • It’s one person at a time. A crowd of strangers saying the same thing still gets through.
  • Viewers have no word filter. Blocked words only work on your own channel. Under everyone else’s videos, there’s no way to hide comments by what they say.
  • Your videos stay public. Anyone can still watch them, blocked or not.

If someone is harassing you, report them as well: from their channel page, …more, then Report user.

Hide what people say, under any video

Remedy is a Chrome extension that filters YouTube as you scroll, comments included. Tell it, in your own words, what you don’t want to read, like “no comments about my appearance”, “no spoilers” or “no political arguments”, and it removes matching comments under any video, not just yours. It also hides videos by channel name (“nothing from” a channel you name) on your Home page, in search results, the sidebar and Shorts.

It only changes what you see: other viewers still see everything, so use YouTube’s own tools to keep someone off your channel. It works on a computer, in Chrome.

Add Remedy to ChromeYour first day is free, no account needed. Plans from $4.92 a month. On a computer, in Chrome.

Questions

If I block someone on YouTube, will I stop seeing their videos?

No. Blocking covers comments, live chat and mentions. To keep their videos off your Home page, use “Don’t recommend channel” on one of them.

What’s the difference between blocking and hiding a user?

Anyone can block: you and the other person stop seeing each other’s comments, live chat messages and mentions. Hiding is for creators: it keeps that person’s comments, live chats and posts off your channel, and they aren’t told.

Can someone I blocked still watch my videos?

Yes. Blocking doesn’t change who can watch your videos, and public videos can be watched by anyone, even without an account.