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How do I delete comments on Facebook?

January 14, 2009 / Dave Taylor / Facebook Help / 32 Comments

How do I delete a “comment” I made on my own album in facebook?

This is so simple that I’m a bit surprised you emailed this question to me, actually. While Facebook has a rather Byzantine organizational structure and it’s common for people being unable to figure out where things are, it’s usually pretty easy to figure out how to do things…
So let’s dig into it and see what we can find.
But really, it’s easy. Check it out: here’s a comment I’ve left on my own photo album on Facebook:

facebook your photos comments

The key is the little grey “x” that shows up just to the right of the comment. Now, to be fair, sometimes it’s not displayed until you move your mouse over that general area, but a little experimentation should reveal what you seek!
Click on it and:
facebook your photos comments delete

You do want to delete the comment, indicate so and….
facebook your photos comment deleted

No comment!
I hope that helps you with Facebook. I’d also like to let you know that I have quite a bit of Facebook help here on the site and that I also have an Ask Dave Taylor Facebook Fan Page that I invite you to join.

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32 comments on “How do I delete comments on Facebook?”

  1. Felica says:
    November 10, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    Sweet blog! I found it while surfing around on Yahoo News.

    Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News?
    I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there!
    Thank you

    Reply
  2. tal says:
    May 27, 2013 at 5:31 am

    If I delete comments on photos of a person who I have now unfriended, do they get a notification if it is on their old picture and consiting of a comment posted by myself?

    Reply
  3. jam says:
    December 14, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    i have some questions….if i delete my comment on my friends post in my wall it is going to erase in my friends wall or not?

    Reply
  4. A. Toren says:
    December 10, 2012 at 12:30 am

    Thanks Dave!
    So sorry, if I sounded rather “STUPID” to you, but it did not work. None of the icons or devices for deleting showed up until I decided to change browsers. Nothing worked on Safari, but when I changed to Firefox it worked!!! So, you might keep this in mind ,as a suggestion, if this question comes up again and you have another “stupid sounding” person!

    Reply
  5. Marilynn Fairchild says:
    November 15, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Thanks Dave!
    So sorry, if I sounded rather “STUPID” to you, but it did not work. None of the icons or devices for deleting showed up until I decided to change browsers. Nothing worked on Safari, but when I changed to Firefox it worked!!! So, you might keep this in mind ,as a suggestion, if this question comes up again and you have another “stupid sounding” person!
    Have a great day ~ Marilynn Fairchild

    Reply
  6. ASAD says:
    November 9, 2012 at 11:52 am

    Good Work Mr. Dave Taylor.Keep It Up n Good Luck

    Reply
  7. Eliz says:
    September 22, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    A friend posted a photo. I commented on the photo. Now the photo is posted in my feed and all my friends see it. It is kind of stupid and i want it to go away so my friends won’t see it anymore. When I opened it again to delete my comment, there are over 6000 comments, it lists them 150 at a time, I can’t find mine to delete it. Is there any way to get rid of it?

    Reply
  8. Calin says:
    December 15, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Hi !
    Please tell me how can i delete comments that i ‘ve made on a picture from someone’s fb profile

    Reply
  9. kendra says:
    September 11, 2011 at 3:46 am

    How do I delet a comment I wtote

    Reply
  10. nishanth says:
    August 16, 2011 at 3:35 am

    i have some questions….if i delete my comment on my friends post in my wall it is going to erase in my friends wall or not..
    AND who can i delete my friends comment in my wall..

    Reply
  11. Scott says:
    August 11, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    How can I remove a ‘like’ by an unfriended person (deleted facebook friend) on facebook? I see a couple of others have posted the same question here but don’t see an answer to this. I’ve deleted their comment, easily enough, but don’t see a way to delete the like from them, which others are able to see that person’s info/name. I have my friends list set to private and don’t want my friends seen by other friends, as I do business and do not like competitors stealing friends as has happened in the past.

    Reply
  12. Dave Taylor says:
    June 10, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Ashleigh, I don’t think you can remove comments from the Facebook mobile app. I don’t have a Droid, but I know it’s not possible in the iPhone version…

    Reply
  13. Ashleigh says:
    June 10, 2011 at 9:53 am

    Hi there,
    You wouldnt happen to know how to remove a Facebook comment directly from your cell phone would you? (Droid 2)

    Reply
  14. thebe says:
    March 23, 2011 at 5:09 am

    wow! thanx man! u rili helpd a lot cos i posted something that was now backfiring on me. i hav deleted the post together with the others.

    Reply
  15. sheila says:
    December 10, 2010 at 4:02 am

    i wrote a comment 0n a wrong person wall , want to delect how do do it

    Reply
  16. Jennifer says:
    November 28, 2010 at 7:42 am

    Heeyy,
    How do i delete a friends “like”on my photo facebook
    I know how i can unlike if i did it but i want the person who liked my photo to be gonee HOW?
    thanks for the help

    Reply
  17. val says:
    November 15, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    I am new at facebook. I have somehow clicked something that as made my profile appear on someone else pics comments. I did not leave a comment but did not know how to take off my profile pic from their picture comments. Is there a way/

    Reply
  18. Brandy says:
    November 12, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    i’m so glad you can remove comments! Even a simple lol on someones comment can get you into some hot water! =)

    Reply
  19. Aqib says:
    November 10, 2010 at 3:45 am

    thnx friend…..your this post is very helpful to me……thnx….

    Reply
  20. teresa says:
    November 1, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    re: removing comments fr FB
    This is a great answer – but my problem is the primary comment – not the secondary one. there is no little x on the primary. HOW do i remove? i was helping my boss with facebook and i wished him a happy birthday – from HIMSELF!!! he is embarrassed – i need to fix it asap! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Debbie says:
    October 20, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    someone posted something on another persons wall. I then commented on this posting. The next day I went back to the posting and my comment was gone? Who could of removed it? Is there anyway I can find out who removed it. Also on my profile page it will say tha I commented on someones status, etc. It does not say that today. How could it of been posted yesterday but is missing all together today?

    Reply
  22. maryanna partida says:
    September 5, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    ok so me and my friend were commenting on a photo she tagged me in and now all of her friends can see our conversation of comments that we had i want to know if theres a way to block all her friends from seeing or if i can delete the comments on the photo? the comments were made on my pic from my profile not on her profile so why can all her friends see the conversation as well?

    Reply
  23. Barry says:
    July 22, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    How do I delete my comment on a deleted friend’s photo?
    Thank you
    Barry

    Reply
  24. TeeGee says:
    June 15, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    After i deleted one of my comments, i am unable to post another comment on that “post” or activity … why is that? I just wanted to fix some of the words i’ve written

    Reply
  25. Dave Taylor says:
    June 3, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Robert, as far as I can tell, there is no way to delete multiple comments at the same time. One reason I’m not a huge MySpace fan any more…

    Reply
  26. Robert Shaw says:
    June 3, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Dave, the original question was. “how do you delete MULTIPLE comments at one time” It is quite tedious deleting them ONE at a time, so, whats the answer?

    Reply
  27. elizabeth says:
    March 8, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    How do I remove “like” off of my photo albums?
    Every time I ‘add more photos’ to an album and publish them they are automatically published with allll of the previous “Like” indications from other photos from the album as well

    Reply
  28. caela brown says:
    February 7, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    how do I delete multiple comments at a time on my profile on facebook? I know how to do it one at a time but really

    Reply
  29. Rebecca says:
    January 18, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    Ok, I got on Facebook yesterday after prodding from my kids. I have many friends that have filled up LOTS of space and I want to delete their comments to clean up the page. I got your advice to click on the gray ‘x’. I don’t have a gray ‘x’ & if I roll my mouse over the right-hand corner, I get “HIDE”. I do not get the option to delete. Now what?

    Reply
  30. hannah says:
    November 10, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    hi!
    when you delete your comments on other people’s photos, does it send them an e-mail to notify them?

    Reply
  31. Harriet says:
    August 15, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Hello David:
    I don’t want all the write up from my friends on my facebook for months. How do I delete the message after I read it from my friends.

    Reply
  32. lauren. says:
    May 12, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Can i delete a photo comment left on a persons facebook who i have now deleted?

    Reply

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