How To Unhide Instagram Comments?

Last Updated on July 15, 2025 by Marie Watkins

Instagram’s comment section is where conversations unfold, feedback flows, and communities grow. But sometimes, comments might disappear because of privacy settings, or you may want to clear Instagram search suggestions.

If you’ve noticed missing replies or want to bring back hidden interactions, learning how to unhide Instagram comments is key. In this guide, we’ll explain the methods to view hidden comments, control your comment settings and ensure your profile comment space remains clean.

How To Unhide Comments On Instagram?

Instagram may hide certain comments so that users are safe from spam, hate speech or content that should not be seen. Filtering occurs because of the app’s algorithm or because of what comment settings you have activated.

Here’s how to unhide Instagram comments:

• Open Instagram and go to your profile.
• Tap the three-line menu and select “Settings and Privacy.”
• Scroll to “Hidden Words” under the “How others can interact with you” section.
• Tap on “Manage custom words and phrases.”
• Clear the list or disable filters that might be hiding comments.
• Go back and check your posts, the comments should now be visible.

After you make the change, Instagram won’t routinely filter comments that have the words you’ve flagged anymore.

How To Adjust Your Instagram Comments Settings?

Sometimes, your personal privacy or content settings are the reasons why your comments are hidden.

Here’s what you can do to make adjustments:

• Go to your account on Instagram.
• Open the Settings menu, select Privacy and click on Comments.
• At this point, you are able to:

• Give some users the ability to comment and deny it to others.
• Enable/disable the Manual Filter or Default Filter.
• Choose which keywords are allowed or blocked to hide comments.

Be aware of not setting your filters too strongly, especially if you think both valuable and less important comments may be getting deleted. 

How To Find Hidden Comments On Instagram?

You won’t spot the hidden comments straight away, but often Instagram highlights them with a tag or puts them in a separate group.

Let’s see how you can find out about hidden comments:

• Go to your post > tap on “View all comments.”
• If Instagram has hidden any, you might see a “View Hidden Comments” option—tap it.
• If you use restricted mode, you’ll need to open individual comments to approve them.

Remember: Hidden comments aren’t deleted, they’re just not shown publicly unless you change your setting on Instagram Comment. 

Reasons To Hide Comments On Instagram

There are several reasons to hide comments that Instagram provides, and people can intentionally use these settings.

Usually, people give these reasons as the main cause:

• Keeping harassment or bullying from happening
• Remove offensive speech by using artificial intelligence.
• Prevent yourself from getting involved with bots or spam.
• Keeping the tone of the comment section positive

Understanding why a comment was hidden can help you make better decisions about which filters to keep, adjust, or remove.

Conclusion

Being able to unhide comments on Instagram means you can fully see what you’ve posted. These tools make it easy to shape and guide the behavior of everyone in your community such as filtering comments or managing settings. Explore the settings a bit and allow your real talk to happen!