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How to Turn Off Comments on LinkedIn Posts (and When To)
How to turn off comments on LinkedIn posts before and after sharing, the three comment-control options, and an honest take on when disabling comments actually helps.
By Animesh Kudake, Co-founder, Apna Project
The short version
- LinkedIn's Comment control lets you pick who can comment on a post: Anyone, Connections only, or No one. No one turns comments off entirely.
- You can set it before you post (through the audience dropdown) or after (through the More menu on the live post), on both desktop and mobile.
- Whatever you choose is saved as your default for future posts, so check it if your comments suddenly seem restricted.
- Turning off comments trades reach for control. Comments are a ranking signal, so switch them off surgically, not as a habit.
How to change comment settings after you post
If the post is already live, you can still change it, which is what you want when a thread has gone somewhere you did not intend.
On desktop:
- Go to the post.
- Click the More icon (the three dots) in the upper right.
- Select Who can comment on your post.
- Choose No one, Connections, or Anyone.
- Click Save.
On mobile it is the same path: open the post, tap the More icon, tap Who can comment on this post, pick an option, and save. The change takes effect immediately, and again, comments already posted stay put. These steps are current as of August 2026 per LinkedIn's own help page, linked at the end.
Anyone, connections, or no one: which to choose
This is where the setting earns its keep, because the three options are for three different situations.
- Anyone is the default for a reason. If your goal is reach or conversation, leave it here. Comments are one of the signals LinkedIn's feed rewards, and cutting them off cuts a real growth lever. For the wider picture on that, our post on how to increase LinkedIn engagement explains why the comment section, not the like button, does most of the work.
- Connections is the underused middle. You keep a conversation going but filter out drive-by comments from strangers. It is useful for slightly personal posts where you want your network's voice but not the whole platform's.
- No one is a scalpel. Use it for announcements that should not become debates, sensitive or grief-related posts, or a link you are sharing purely for reference. It is not a tool for avoiding disagreement in general, because disagreement handled well is often the most valuable part of a thread. We wrote a whole piece on commenting on a post you disagree with precisely because that friction, done respectfully, builds more credibility than silence.
When turning off comments is a mistake
Here is the honest part. Most people who reach for No one are solving the wrong problem. If a post attracts noise, the issue is usually the post, not the comment section. Bait-style hooks pull bait-style replies, which is one reason we are wary of engagement bait in the first place.
Turning comments off also quietly tells the feed your post is a dead end. No comment section means no ongoing conversation to resurface, and LinkedIn tends to keep circulating posts that people are still talking under. So the default posture should be comments on, moderated by you, with No one reserved for the genuine cases: memorials, sensitive news, or a reference link where a thread adds nothing.
If your real worry is that comments are more work than you can keep up with, that is a different problem with a better answer than switching them off. Staying present in your own comment section, and in other people's, is the habit that compounds. That is the exact problem Commenti is built to reduce, with daily caps and an approve mode so you stay in control of what goes out; it does not replace your judgment, and it will not moderate a thread for you, but it lowers the effort of showing up consistently. Turning comments off removes the conversation. Keeping up with it, even lightly, is almost always the stronger move.
Sources
- LinkedIn Help, "Disable, re-enable, and limit comments on posts", verified August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn off comments on a LinkedIn post?
On a live post, click the More icon in the top right and choose Who can comment on your post, then select No one and Save. Before posting, open the comment-control setting from the audience dropdown next to your name and choose No one. It works on desktop and the mobile app.
Can I limit comments to only my connections?
Yes. In Comment control, choose Connections instead of Anyone or No one. Then only your first-degree connections can comment, while everyone can still see and react to the post. It is a middle ground when you want conversation but fewer comments from strangers.
If I turn off comments, are existing comments deleted?
No. LinkedIn keeps existing comments when you turn commenting off; new comments are simply blocked from being added. If you re-enable comments later, the old ones are still there. Turning comments off pauses the conversation rather than erasing it.
Does my comment setting apply to future posts?
Yes. Once you pick a comment-control option, LinkedIn saves it as your default for the posts you publish afterward. If you notice comments unexpectedly limited on new posts, open the setting and switch it back to Anyone. It is a common reason people think their reach dropped.
Written by the team building Commenti on real LinkedIn growth data. Found an error? Tell us and we’ll fix it. Accuracy beats winning.
Co-founder, Apna Project
Co-founder at Apna Project, where he helps founders and agencies turn ideas into products. Writes here on LinkedIn growth and what actually earns attention in a comment section. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
Sometimes you publish something and do not want it to become a comment thread. A sensitive announcement, a memorial, a link you are sharing for reference, a post that keeps attracting the same tired argument. LinkedIn lets you shut the comments off, or narrow who can leave them, and it takes about five seconds once you know where the setting lives.
We are a team that builds commenting tools, so we have an obvious bias toward comments existing. That is exactly why we will be straight about the tradeoff: turning them off is the right call less often than people think, and we will show you both the how and the when.
What Comment control actually does
LinkedIn calls this feature Comment control, and it gives you three options for any post:
Two details matter. First, existing comments are not deleted when you switch to No one; they stay, and new ones are simply blocked. So turning comments off pauses a conversation rather than wiping it. Second, whichever option you choose becomes your default for future posts. That single fact explains a surprising number of "why did my engagement drop" posts: someone set Connections or No one once, forgot, and every later post inherited it.
How to turn off or limit comments before you post
The cleanest time to set this is while you are writing, before anyone sees the post.
On desktop:
On the mobile app:
That is it. The post goes live with the comment rule already applied, so you never have a window where unwanted comments can land.