You may fail to comment on YouTube videos due to interference by your adblocking extension or a VPN. Moreover, the car-generated YouTube user name may too finish you from posting comments on YouTube videos.

The affected user gets the mistake with a piddling circling icon when he tries to postal service a annotate/reply of a comment on a YouTube video. In some cases, the user encounters the error when he tries to edit a posted comment/reply, and the published comment vanishes. Some users cannot meet the comment later refreshing the page. This issue is not specific to a particular platform i.east. it can occur on Windows, Mac, or mobile devices.

Annotate Failed to Postal service

In some rare occurrences, users confront this mistake just on a single channel (whereas they tin can post ordinarily on other channels). Some of the afflicted users were able to comment on alive streams but not on the videos.

Before proceeding with the troubleshooting process, brand sure y'all are using an updated version of the browser/app. Moreover, refresh the page continuously for 5 to half-dozen times and so endeavor to mail the comment. Also, relaunch the browser and then try to post the annotate. Furthermore, launch the video direct when you want to mail a comment (not through the notifications). Additionally, you can try another YouTube account in a new browser to rule out any browser/business relationship issues. Likewise, brand a habit of not commenting more than than 2 or 3 comments on a single video.

Besides, you must go on in mind that YouTube is continuously changing its policies to curb spam. If yous are beingness suspected of spam, for example sharing URLs in your comments, posting the same comment on every video, or if you are posting comments continuously without whatsoever time gap, you may neglect to postal service comments on YouTube.

Moreover, video uploaders as well apply unlike settings about what tin exist posted in comments e.grand. if a content creator has enabled the setting of only approve comments can be posted to a video, and your comment is not approved past the video uploader, then information technology will not be visible to others (only possibly shown to yous).

Solution 1: Disable Your Adblocking Extension

Y'all may not like Ads, but ads are the essential source of income for YouTube and that is why YouTube does not "similar" Adblocking extensions. Yous may encounter the error at hand if yous are using an adblocking extension. In this scenario, either disabling the extension or whitelisting YouTube in the settings of your adblocking extension may solve the problem. For illustration, we will discuss the procedure for Chrome.

  1. Open the Chrome browser and click on Vertical Ellipses (3 vertical dots) near the pinnacle right corner of the windows.
  2. At present hover over More Tools so in the sub-carte du jour shown, click on Extensions.
    Open Chrome Extensions
  3. Now find and disable Adblock extension.
    Disable a Chrome Extension
  4. Then open up the YouTube website and check if information technology is articulate of the error.
  5. You tin also whitelist the website in your adblocking extension.

Solution 2: Disable Your VPN Client/Extension

Information technology is a common norm in the It industry to utilise VPN to featherbed restrictions imposed by ISPs or sites. Moreover, VPN provides a great opportunity for a user to save his privacy from prying eyes. You may encounter the error under discussion (especially in case of a mobile app) if you are using a VPN client/extension to access YouTube considering sites like YouTube or Netflix discourage the use of it. In this scenario, disabling the VPN client may solve the problem.

  1. Disable your VPN client or browser extension.
  2. Now launch browser/mobile app and bank check if yous can post a annotate of a YouTube video.

Solution 3: Re-Login to the YouTube Site

Cookies are used by sites to shop client/server communications. A corrupt cookie can crusade a lot of issues. The result at manus could also be a result of a temporary glitch or corrupt cookie of the site. In this case, signing out and then signing back into the site may solve the problem. Y'all can besides try incognito/private style.

  1. Open your browser and navigate to the YouTube website.
  2. At present, click on the user icon (most the elevation right corner of the window) and then click on Sign Out.
    Sign Out of YouTube
  3. Now close your browser and restart your arrangement.
  4. Upon restart, launch browser and Open YouTube to check if yous can comment on the videos

Solution iv: Change the Username for YouTube

There is a glitch on YouTube, in which, if the user name is auto-generated past the website, eastward.g., if your electronic mail ID is being used as the username, and so y'all may encounter the fault under discussion. In this scenario, changing your username may solve the problem.

  1. Change your username for YouTube.
    Alter the Username for YouTube
  2. Then check if you can post comments on the YouTube videos.

Solution v: Mail service the Comment subsequently Playing the Video for Some Time

YouTube is making continuous efforts to finish spammers from posting comments. Ane such footstep is stopping the user from posting the comment on a video if the video was non played or played for just a few seconds. In this context, playing the video for at least one minute, and so posting the annotate may solve the problem.

  1. Open up YouTube and play the problematic video.
  2. Now let the video play for at least one minute (no forwarding) and and then bank check if you can post the comment (without pausing the video).
    Playing video for a longer time
  3. If not, try to interruption the video exactly at the time when you lot want to make the comment then check if you tin post the comment.

Solution six: Try Some other Browser

Every browser has its share of bugs. The issue you are encountering could be due to a temporary bug of the browser. In this context, using another browser to annotate on the YouTube video may solve the problem.

  1. Download and install another browser (if not installed already).
    Download Chrome
  2. Now launch the newly installed browser and cheque if you can comment on YouTube video. For example, if you lot are having issues with Firefox, then try to use Chrome.

Solution vii: Try Another Platform

Along with the web version, YouTube can exist accessed with the Andriod and iPhone applications. The current issue could be platform-specific e.g. the event could be simply on the web version of Windows. In this context, trying some other platform to post comments on YouTube videos may solve the result.

  1. If you are encountering the result on a browser, and so effort a mobile app (Android app or iPhone app).
  2. If you are encountering the issue on a mobile app, and then effort the web version of YouTube.

For Mobile Applications:

Solution 1: Enable/Disable the Dark Theme of YouTube Mobile App

In that location is a reported issues in the YouTube mobile app, in which, dark mode (enabled or disabled) impacts a user'south ability to comment on the videos. In this context, enabling (or disabling) the night manner may solve the problem.

  1. Open up the YouTube mobile app and start playing a video (or problematic video).
  2. Now while playing the video, hitting the dorsum button (which volition bring out your dwelling house screen, whereas the video is being played in minimized land at the bottom of the screen).
  3. Now tap on the user icon (almost the top right corner of the video).
    Tap on the User Icon in the YouTube App
  4. And so tap on Settings.
    Open up Settings of YouTube
  5. Now tap on General and and then Enable (or Disable) the Night Theme.
    Enable Dark Theme
  6. Now go back to the home screen.
  7. Now tap on the minimized video and then tap on the play button to play the video.
  8. At present tap on Comments and add a public comment to cheque if the problem is sorted out.
    Add a Public Comment to the Video

Solution ii: Reinstall the YouTube Mobile App

If you are encountering the issue on a mobile device, then most probably the corrupt installation of the YouTube application is causing the issue. In this scenario, uninstalling and then reinstalling the application may solve the issue. For illustration, nosotros will discuss the process for the Android app.

  1. Open Settings of your phone.
  2. Now tap on Apps/Application Manager.
    Open Apps in Settings of Your Phone
  3. Now tap on YouTube and then tap on Uninstall.
    Uninstall YouTube
  4. After uninstalling the app, restart your device.
  5. Upon restart, reinstall the YouTube app and check if it is articulate of the error.
  6. If there is no uninstall pick bachelor at footstep 4, so Force Stop the app and then tap on Storage.
    Force Stop the YouTube Application and Open up Its Storage Settings
  7. At present Clear Enshroud and so Articulate Data of the application.
    Articulate Cache and Data of the YouTube Awarding
  8. And so tap on the back button.
  9. Now tap on the Disable button and restart your telephone.
    Disable the YouTube Application
  10. Upon restart, enable the YouTube app (as discussed in the higher up steps) and then check if it is articulate of the error.

If nix has helped you so far, yous tin can try TubeBuddy extension (or something similar) and use its notification center to mail service the comments/replies. You tin post comments on YouTube videos by using the older layout of YouTube but since 2020, near tricks/workaround to load the old UI of YouTube has stopped working, and so, you lot may or may not be able to load the older layout of the site.