01 · TEST
A new rule proposes each hold and waits until you say yes.
Your comments,
without the dread
Catch the comments that cross your line. Keep the final say. The AI never writes as you.
Write your rules in plain English. A new rule asks you before it holds anything, and says why.
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Needs review
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"Anyone who builds it this way has never held a chisel."
fairly sure
"Second one is cleaner, but the first is faster."
Nothing to act on
Bench & Board · Two Ways To Cut A Tenon
YOUR RULES
Say it once, in your own words.
"No insults aimed at me; criticism of the video is fine."
Try a rule on sample comments before you turn it on. Word and pattern rules never spend AI credits.
See how rules workRules
Rules
23
held this week
3
waiting for you
312
left alone
Your moderation policy
Insults or mocks you
14 this week
Threatens you
3 this week
Spam or a scam
9 this week
People
Viewers on probation
2 this week
Your rules
Ring the bell for anything about sponsorship
18 this week
No insults aimed at me; criticism of the work is fine
2 this week
EVERY HOLD EXPLAINED
See why, then decide in one click.
You see the comment, the thread around it and the reason it was held, all in one place. Your answer goes in the record, along with what happened on YouTube.
Comment
Comment
In contextAssessmentTeach this assessmentModerate this commentThe record
"Anyone who builds it this way has never held a chisel."
Hold
Would hold this comment. Contempt aimed at the creator rather than the work.
Assessment
very sure
Insults or mocks youaimed at you
The record
Every write attempted
We first saw it · The tray assessed it · We suggested a moderation action
KNOW YOUR VIEWERS
See the viewer’s history before you act.
A regular having a bad day and a repeat offender need different responses.
Trust your regulars, put a repeat offender on timed probation, or check a name-pattern alert.
Probation holds new comments automatically. A matching name is a clue, not proof of identity.
See viewer history Timed probationYour Viewers
Your Viewers
RecentTopTrustedProbationBanned
@planeandsquare
trusted
140 comments on 30 videos
@offcut_ken
good standing
20 comments on 6 videos
@sawdust_replies
probation
10 comments on 2 videos · 3 days in · 11 days left
@grain_direction
banned
30 comments on 4 videos
What your comments tell you
Find your next idea
Save viewers’ requests and see suggested titles linked to the comments behind them.
How the ad read landed
See what viewers said about a sponsor, with the video and date of each comment. Sentiment is paused while we ask YouTube for permission to offer it.
See how the room is changing
Compare the mood of your comments from one video to the next, and over time. Sentiment is paused while we ask YouTube for permission to offer it.
Based on comments the tray has collected and read.
Sentiment is paused while we ask YouTube for permission to offer it. Nothing already scored is deleted.
YOU HOLD THE BRAKES
You decide what happens automatically.
New rules ask first. Switch the categories you trust to Auto. Pause whenever you need to.
02 · AUTO
Turn it on for a built-in category once you trust how it judges comments. Switch it back to Test any time.
03 · STOP
One Pause button makes the tray ask instead of holding anything.
YouTube publishes first; the tray checks afterwards.
What the tray checks before each change
Before the tray changes a comment on YouTube, it checks that it still has access to your channel, that today's YouTube allowance hasn't run out, and that it isn't still checking itself after a restore. There's no hourly or daily limit on how many comments it can hold.
Fit it around making videos.
Keep up without living in the dashboard
See what’s waiting and whether a change reached YouTube. Choose a daily alert summary or a weekly roundup. If Telegram is available for your tray, you can connect it for supported account notices.
Share the moderation
Invite someone to help you review comments. Editing rules, putting comments back, deleting and banning stay with you. For a second channel, contact us about a second tray.
Practice, help and settings
Practise on recent comments from your own channel without changing anything on YouTube. There's a help centre, a way to ask us a question, a colour-vision palette and a list of where you're signed in. You can pause the tray from any page, and connect or disconnect your channel in Settings.
Your subscription and receipts are on your Account page. You can switch optional emails off in Settings; notices about your account still reach you.
Built by a creator, for his own channel first
I built the moderator my own channel needed.
Hey friends, I'm Mike. My channel grew to 50,000 subscribers, and the comments grew well past 50,000 with it. No one creator can read every comment at that size. I valued the community that built up around my channel, but the volume and intensity of the comments were overwhelming.
When trolls started taking the time I wanted to spend with that community, I dusted off the toolkit and built The Litter Tray around the rules and restraint I wanted for my own audience. I want other creators to get set up in minutes, set the rules that matter to them, and make persistent trolls much harder to miss, so they can get back to making videos.
Mike
Plans
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Every feature, with smaller allowances on Free.
On Free that means 50 AI credits a month and a check for new comments about once an hour.
Prices in US dollars, plus tax where applicable. Pay annually and get two months free. A Free tray pauses if you don't sign in or use the app for 3 days, and can close from day 5. Signing in, or just using the app, keeps it running.
TRY IT ON YOUR CHANNEL
Enjoy your comments again.
Create your account with Google, then connect your channel and try the practice tray.