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How to manage notifications and sounds on Discord
If you’re an avid Discord user, you’ve probably heard the Discord notification sounds countless times. While these notifications can be useful, they can also get annoying. Discord notifies you about everything, from messages in threads to people changing their listening preferences in a call; and if you are a part of many servers, this can become a massive distraction. Today we’re teaching you how to turn off Discord notifications, sounds, and more.
THE SHORT ANSWER
To turn off Discord notifications, go to User Settings > Notifications. Toggle off the slidebar next to Enable Desktop Notifications.
To turn off Discord notification sounds, go to User Settings > Notifications > Disable All Notification Sounds.
KEY SECTIONS
How to turn off Discord notifications
How to turn off Discord notifications on desktop
- Launch Discord on your computer.
- Click the gear icon to access User Settings.
- Select Notifications from the sidebar on the left.
- Toggle off the sliders next to Enable Desktop Notifications, and Enable Unread Message Badge.
How to turn off Discord notifications on mobile
- Open the Discord app on your mobile.
- Tap your profile icon at the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Scroll down to the APP SETTINGS section and select Notifications.
- Toggle off the slider next to Get notifications within Discord.
- If you want to change the notifications you receive on your phone, go to the Get notifications outside of Discord tab. This will open the Discord notifications setting on your device.
- Disable Allow notifications or a similar option, depending on which device you’re using.
How to manage Discord notification sounds
If you’re looking to customize Discord notification sounds, the desktop version is the only platform for this feature. Follow these steps to manage your preferences:
- Open Discord on your computer.
- Click the gear icon to access User Settings.
- On the left side bar, select Notifications.
- Scroll down to the Sounds section. There are 22 sounds that you can manage.
- Click Disable All Notification Sounds or manually disable the sounds you don’t want.
The 22 Discord notification sounds are:
- Message
- Deafen
- Undeafen
- Mute
- Unmute
- Voice Disconnected
- PTT Activate
- PTT Deactivate
- User Join
- User Leave
- User Moved
- Outgoing Ring
- Incoming Ring
- Stream Started
- Stream Stopped
- Viewer Join
- Viewer Leave
- Activity Start
- Activity End
- Activity User Join
- Activity User Leave
- Invited to Speak
How to mute a user on Discord
How to mute a user on Discord on desktop
- Navigate to the user you want to mute.
- Right-click on their profile name.
- From the options menu, select Mute @[their username].
- Choose the time duration you want to mute the person.
How to mute a user on Discord on mobile
- Navigate to the conversation with the user you want to mute.
- Tap the group icon on the top of the chat box.
- Press the Notifications button.
- Choose the time duration you want to mute the person.
How to mute a Discord server
How to mute a Discord server on desktop
- Open Discord on your computer.
- Go to the server you want to mute and right-click on its profile icon.
- From the options menu, select Mute Server.
- Choose the time duration you want to mute.
How to mute a Discord server on mobile
- Navigate to the server you want to mute.
- Tap the three dots button next to the server’s name.
- Press the Notifications button.
- In the Notifications Settings section, you can manually manage how you would like to receive the server’s notifications.
- Tap Mute [server’s name].
- Choose the time duration you want to mute the server.
FAQs
When you mute something on Discord, be it another user, a server, or a channel, you will stop getting notifications whenever there is a new message in that thread. You will still receive the messages, but you will not get any notification. However, if someone pings you (mentions you), you will still be notified.
Right-click that server, then click Notification Settings > Nothing. Additionally, you can suppress all role mentions.