How to Enable Profanity Filter

If you're using Legacy Moderation, follow the steps below.

• Go to your app and navigate to the Moderation section in the left-hand menu. Click on Settings.

• In the Settings section, first, you need to turn on the toggle for Moderation

•  Then locate Profanity Filters from the list of  Moderation Extensions and enable the status.

To change the Profanity filter Settings, please click on the wheel icon beside the toggle button to configure it. 

If you choose “Yes” in the dropdown under “Drop message with Profanity” then messages with profanity will not be sent. If you choose “No” the message will be sent but the profanity will be masked. 

You can manually add any explicit words you want to the Explicit Words section, simply separate with a comma. You can also click on Use Default List to automatically use our prebuilt profanity list and filter out the most common uses of profanity instantly. At any time, you can add explicit words to the list. 

If you're using the current Moderation Dashboard

1. Log in to your CometChat Dashboard and navigate to Moderation → Settings.
2. Turn on the Moderation toggle.
3. Under the Rules tab, locate Profanity Filter and enable it.

To configure the Profanity Filter, navigate to the Lists tab and click the Edit icon next to your profanity list. From there, you can update the list and customize how the filter evaluates messages based on your moderation requirements.

When editing the list, use the Category dropdown to select how the moderation engine evaluates the list entries.

For detailed instructions on creating, updating, and managing moderation lists, see the Lists Management documentation.