Guide: Filter what the check found
This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/filter-what-the-check-found
Topic: Post cleanup and tasks
Time: about 2 minutes
Who can do it: Anyone on your team
Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)
Start in the app: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools
Result when done: You go straight to the comments worth acting on, and leave the rest alone.
Context: A checked post has four views. Flagged is what your rules would catch. Clean is everything else. Your replies is what your page has already said. All is the whole post, in order.

Before you start:
1. The filters act on the comments already loaded, so they are instant.
2. A filter changes what selecting all selects, which is how a bulk action stays safe.
3. The counts above the list always name the whole post.

Steps:
Step 1 of 3: Switch to Flagged.
Where: The filter row above the comments. Flagged shows only what your rules would catch, each with its label.
Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools (Open post cleanup)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-confirm.en.webp (Flagged.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-flagged-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: A short list where every row has a reason, which is the list most people act on.

Step 2 of 3: Read Clean before you trust it.
Where: The Clean filter. Skimming it once tells you whether your rules are too soft, in the same way that reading Flagged tells you whether they are too strict.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-confirm.en.webp (Clean.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-flagged-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: Everything the rules would leave alone, in one place.

Step 3 of 3: Check what your page already said.
Where: Your replies shows the comments written by the page itself, so you can see how earlier questions were answered before you write a new one.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-confirm.en.webp (The filters above the list.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-flagged-phone.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: Only the page own comments and replies.

If something is off:
Problem: The list is empty under a filter
Fix: Nothing matches it on this post. The empty state offers to show all comments again.
Problem: I want to filter by one rule
Fix: Cleanup filters by result rather than by rule. Use the inbox, where Label filters by the rule itself.
Problem: Selecting all took more than I expected
Fix: Select all takes everything in the current filter. Check the count in the confirmation before you confirm.

Common questions:
Question: Do the cleanup filters cost credits or reload the post?
Answer: No. The filters act on the comments already loaded, so switching between All, Flagged, Clean and Your replies is instant, and nothing is refetched or spent.
Question: Why do the counts above the list stay the same when I filter?
Answer: Because the counts above the list always name the whole post, whichever filter is on. The filter changes which comments are shown and what Select all selects.
Question: What is the Clean view in a cleanup for?
Answer: It shows everything your rules would leave alone on that post. Skimming it once tells you whether your rules are too soft, the way reading Flagged tells you whether they are too strict.

Related guides:
- Check comments against your rules: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/check-comments-against-your-rules
- Delete or hide comments in bulk: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/delete-or-hide-comments-in-bulk
- Find any comment: filters, search and sorting: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/inbox/find-any-comment-filters-search-and-sorting

Plain text of this guide: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/filter-what-the-check-found.md
All guides for assistants: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/llms.txt