Blogger comments: settings, moderation and spam

Comments bring readers closer and spam closer too. A few settings keep the balance.

Comment settings

1. Open Settings and find Comments.
2. Adjust: - Comment location: Embedded lets people reply to comments right under the post. Full page and Popup window take people to a new page or window to write. - Who can comment: Anyone (including anonymous), Users with Google Accounts, or Only members of this blog. To reduce spam, restrict anonymous comments. - Comment moderation: Always, Sometimes or Never. If you choose Sometimes, you can set that only comments on posts older than a number of days are held.
3. Click Save.

Other fields: Email moderation requests to sends you an alert on each new comment; Reader comment captcha asks commenters to type a word (blog authors do not see it, and the settings page notes that some commenters may be asked for a code even when it is off); Comment form message shows a message under the box.

Moderate

Blogger's help says only administrators can moderate comments. Open Comments in the left menu and choose Awaiting moderation at the top. Read each comment and click Publish, Delete or Spam. If you give an email address for comment alerts, each alert email has Publish, Delete and Mark as spam links. Choosing Mark as spam in the email deletes the comment.

Spam

Comments that Blogger marks as spam go to the Spam folder (choose Spam in the Comments view). If a good comment ended up there, click Not spam and it appears on the blog. Published comments can be deleted or marked as spam later.

Hide comments

Choosing Hide under comment location hides them without deleting, as the settings page says: you can show them again any time by choosing another option.

For readers: third-party cookies

Blogger's comment page explains that Blogger uses third-party cookies so that people can comment from their Google Account. If a reader has third-party cookies disabled, they may not be able to comment while signed in, but can still comment anonymously or with a name and URL, if you allow it.

Policy for your blog

Write a short comment policy: be respectful, no advertising, no personal data, comments may be removed. Moderation takes minutes a day and protects your readers and your reputation, and links to bad sites in comments can hurt a blog.

Alternatives

Many blogs use an outside comment system (Disqus is one). They need code in the theme, have their own privacy terms, and should be mentioned in your privacy policy.

This is an independent guide. It is not connected with Google or Blogger. Blogger, AdSense and Google are names of Google LLC. The steps follow Blogger Help and AdSense Help as read on 13 November 2026; the Blogger screens change from time to time, so a menu may be named a little differently on your screen.