# Overview.Admin

## What it does for you

Comments lets visitors comment on your content and gives you control over what appears. You approve or hide comments, reply from the admin, mark spam, and decide how long comments are kept.

## Your screens

- **Moderation inbox**: comments waiting for your decision.
- **Approved comments**: what is live on the site.
- **Moderation history**: a record of what you approved or hid.

## What you can do

- Approve or hide a comment before it appears.
- Reply to a comment from the admin.
- Mark a comment as spam.
- Get notified when a comment needs moderation.
- Set how long comments are kept.

## Where to find it

Go to **Comments** in the admin. New comments wait in the **Moderation inbox**.

## Good to know

- Approve or hide comments before they appear, so nothing unwanted goes live.
- Reply directly from the admin.
- Set how long comments are kept, in line with your privacy policy.