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title: "How to turn off comments on Instagram posts"
description: "Instagram lets you disable comments when uploading or later via Edit, a first big moderation step after summer spam complaints."
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author: "Oğuzhan Koçaklı"
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date_published: 2016-10-14T12:56:31+00:00
date_modified: 2026-09-14T05:55:48+00:00
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# How to turn off comments on Instagram posts

Many people on Instagram have long complained about trolls and spam in comments. Accounts with large followings could return after a short break and find an ugly surprise waiting.

After saying in July that it would improve comment moderation, Instagram has taken a first big step with a “turn off commenting” control. It may not appear on every account yet; the rollout looks gradual.

You can disable comments while uploading a photo, or afterward. When composing a post, use the toggle shown in the screenshot below. For a new or older post, open the “…” menu and turn comments off from Edit.

![Turn off Instagram comments](http://www.oguzhan.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/yoruma-kapat-628x530.png)

Being able to do this per photo also opens tactics like opening comments only during certain hours. It will not fix every moderation problem, but it gives creators a blunt tool when a thread goes toxic.

![Instagram comments off demo](http://www.oguzhan.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1.gif)