moderating-gist-comments.md

title	Moderating gist comments
intro	You can moderate comments on gists by turning them off or deleting unwanted entries.
versions	fpt ghes ghec * >=3.17 *
category	Share and reuse content

Disabling comments

You can hide existing comments and prevent new comments from being added to a gist by disabling comments for the gist. You can re-enable comments at any time. This will make existing comments visible.

1. Navigate to {% data variables.gists.gist_user %} and select the gist you want to moderate.
2. In the top right corner, select {% octicon "pencil" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="pencil" %} Edit.
3. In the top right corner, select {% octicon "comment" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="comment" %} Disable comments.

Deleting comments

You can delete a comment on a gist if you are the author of the gist or the author of the comment.

1. Navigate to {% data variables.gists.gist_user %} and select the gist you want to moderate.
2. On the upper-right corner of the comment box, select {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Open dropdown menu" %}.
3. From the dropdown menu select Delete.
4. Select OK to confirm.