Reply Management

Updated: Feb 13, 2026

The Threads Reply Management API allows you manage replies to users' own Threads by hiding replies, controlling who can reply, and using reply approvals.

Hide Replies

Use the /manage_reply endpoint to hide/unhide any top-level replies. This will automatically hide/unhide all the nested replies. Note: Replies nested deeper than the top-level reply cannot be targeted in isolation to be hidden/unhidden.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
  -F "hide={true | false}" \
  -F "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<THREADS_REPLY_ID>/manage_reply"

Example Response

{
 "success": true
}

Control Who Can Reply

Use the reply_control parameter to specify who can reply to a post being created for publishing. This parameter accepts one of the five options: everyone, accounts_you_follow, mentioned_only, parent_post_author_only, and followers_only.

Example Request

curl -X POST \
  -F "media_type=<MEDIA_TYPE>" \
  -F "text=<TEXT>" \
  -F "reply_control=accounts_you_follow" \
  -F "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/me/threads"

Example Response

{
 "id": "1234567890"
}

Use the POST /{threads-user-id}/threads_publish endpoint to publish the media container ID returned in the previous step. It is recommended to wait on average 30 seconds before publishing a Threads media container to give our server enough time to fully process the upload. See the media container status endpoint for more details.

Parameters

• creation_id — Identifier of the Threads media container created from the /threads endpoint.

Example Request

curl -i -X POST \  
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<THREADS_USER_ID>/threads_publish?creation_id=<MEDIA_CONTAINER_ID>&access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>"

Example Response

{  
  "id": "1234567" // Threads Media ID  
}

Reply Approvals

You can create posts with reply approvals enabled using the Threads API. Replies to these posts must be approved to get published and are hidden until then.

Limitations

• Reply approvals can not be enabled for ghost posts.

Create a post with reply approvals enabled

Step 1: Create a Threads media container

You can enable reply approvals on a post by making a request to the POST /{threads-user-id}/threads endpoint to create a media container with the enable_reply_approvals parameter set to true.

Example request

curl -i -X POST \  
  -d "media_type=TEXT" \  
  -d "text=<TEXT>" \  
  -d "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>" \  
  -d "enable_reply_approvals=true" \  
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<THREADS_USER_ID>/threads"

Example response

{  
  "id": "<MEDIA_CONTAINER_ID>"  
}

Step 2: Publish the media container

Use the returned Threads media container ID to publish your Threads post with reply approvals enabled.

Retrieve pending replies

Make a request to the GET /{threads-media-id}/pending_replies endpoint to fetch a paginated list of all pending replies.

The default behavior will return all pending and ignored replies. The approval_status parameter can be used to filter which replies get returned.

Parameters

Name	Description
reverse Boolean	Optional. Values: * true (default) — Replies should be sorted in reverse chronological order. * false — Replies should be sorted in chronological order.
approval_status string	Optional. Values: (case-sensitive) * pending — Show only pending replies. * ignored — Show only ignored replies. Note: The default is to show all replies.

Fields

All the existing fields from existing replies endpoints apply with a new field to fetch pending reply approval status.

Name	Description
reply_approval_status	Approval status of a pending reply. Values: pending, ignored

Example request

curl -s -X GET \  
    -d "fields=id,text,topic_tag,timestamp,media_product_type,media_type,media_url,shortcode,thumbnail_url,children,has_replies,root_post,replied_to,is_reply,hide_status,reply_approval_status" \  
    -d "reverse=false" \  
    -d "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>"  
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<MEDIA_ID>/pending_replies"

Example response

{  
  "data": [  
    {  
      "id": "<MEDIA_ID>",  
      "text": "ignored reply",  
      "timestamp": "<TIMESTAMP>",  
      "media_product_type": "THREADS",  
      "media_type": "TEXT_POST",  
      "shortcode": "<SHORT_CODE>",  
      "has_replies": false,  
      "is_reply": true,  
      "hide_status": "NOT_HUSHED",  
      "reply_approval_status": "ignored"  
    },  
    {  
      "id": "<MEDIA_ID>",  
      "text": "pending reply",  
      "timestamp": "<TIMESTAMP>",  
      "media_product_type": "THREADS",  
      "media_type": "TEXT_POST",  
      "shortcode": "<SHORT_CODE>",  
      "has_replies": false,  
      "is_reply": true,  
      "hide_status": "NOT_HUSHED",  
      "reply_approval_status": "pending"  
    }  
  ],  
  "paging": {  
    "cursors": {  
      "before": "<BEFORE_CURSOR>",  
      "after": "<AFTER_CURSOR>"  
    }  
  }  
}

Manage pending replies

Use the /manage_pending_reply endpoint to approve/ignore any pending replies.

Note: Ignored replies can still be approved.

Example request

curl -X POST \  
  -F "approve={true|false}" \  
  -F "access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>" \  
"https://graph.threads.net/v1.0/<THREADS_REPLY_ID>/manage_pending_reply"

Example response

{  
 "success": true  
}