Discord

Discord messages are not end-to-end encrypted and are stored on its servers, accessible for moderation and legal requests. It takes a broad license to your content and can suspend accounts, wiping Nitro purchases with limited refunds.

🚨 Key things to watch out for

The clauses that could affect you the most. Read these even if you skip everything else.

US and Canadian users are automatically bound to binding arbitration and waive class actions unless they email an opt-out within 30 days of registering.

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1Age Requirements and Parental Responsibility1 clause

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Parents fully liable for minors' activity and purchases

🛡️Limits their liability

1-A

💬 If you let your child use Discord, you are legally responsible for everything they do, including any purchases they make — even for accounts they create in the future.

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“then you and the minor child accept and agree to be bound by these terms and are responsible for all use of the Discord account or services, including your child’s activity on the services and purchases made by them, whether the minor’s account is now open or created later.”

2What You Can Expect From Us3 clauses

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Discord scans your device for active apps and games

📥Data collection

2-A

💬 While running, Discord can detect what apps and games are open on your device and share your activity status. You can adjust this in Settings, but it's on by default as a core feature.

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“When Discord is running, we may identify active games and other applications on your device to allow you to quickly call a friend while in a game, stream what you’re doing on your device, share your status (including what game you're playing or what song you’re listening to if you link a music account), and more.”

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Personalized content including sponsored/promotional material

📥Data collection

2-B

💬 Discord tailors your experience — including ads and promotions — based on your activity and server memberships. You can control this in Settings.

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“Discord’s services may be personalized to each user based on a variety of factors, including their activity, preferences they identified in their Settings, and servers they belong to”

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No liability for outages or lost content

🛡️Limits their liability

2-C

💬 Discord can change or shut down features at any time and isn't responsible if you lose access to your content because of outages or changes.

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“we cannot guarantee that there will not be an outage or change to the services, and your content may not be retrievable due to such outages or changes. We are not liable for any such outages or service changes.”

3Your Discord Account2 clauses

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May not restore compromised or locked-out accounts

⛔Account termination

3-A

💬 If you lose access to your linked email/phone or your account is hacked, Discord may be unable to recover your account or the servers you built.

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“If your account is compromised or you no longer have access to your email account or phone number, we may not be able to restore your access to your account or the servers you’ve created.”

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Discord can reclaim your username

📌Other

3-B

💬 Discord can take back or change your username or vanity URL at any time.

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“We also reserve the right to delete, change, or reclaim your username, URL, or other identifier.”

4Your Content4 clauses

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Broad license to your content

📄Claims your content

4-A

💬 You keep ownership of your content, but you grant Discord a broad, free, worldwide license to use, modify, distribute, and sublicense it. The license is limited to running and improving the services, but the scope is wide.

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“by using our services, you grant us a license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and perform your content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of providing, developing, and improving our services as permitted by applicable laws. This license is worldwide, non-exclusive... royalty-free... sublicensable, and transferable.”

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Perpetual, irrevocable license to feedback

📄Claims your content

4-B

💬 Any suggestions or ideas you send Discord become theirs to use forever, for free, with no credit or payment to you.

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“By sending us feedback, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable license to use the feedback and ideas generated from the feedback without any restrictions, attribution, or compensation to you.”

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Content may be disclosed to third parties

🔗Shares with third parties

4-C

💬 Discord can hand over your content to outside parties when it believes it's legally required or needed to prevent harm or protect itself.

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“You agree that we may disclose your content to third parties outside of the services when we believe we’re required to do so by law or regulation or that doing so is necessary to prevent harm to a person or to protect Discord’s rights and property.”

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Discretionary content removal

⛔Account termination

4-D

💬 Discord can delete your content at its own discretion if it thinks the content breaks rules or harms Discord or other users.

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“We reserve the right to block, remove, and/or permanently delete your content if we determine it is in breach of these terms... or if it creates risk for Discord or negatively impacts the experience or interests of other Discord users to continue to make it available.”

5Term & Termination2 clauses

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Termination for any reason, possibly without notice

⛔Account termination

5-A

💬 Discord can suspend or delete your account at any time, for any reason, and possibly without warning you first.

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“we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and/or your access to some or all of our services with or without notice, at our discretion for any reason”

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Inactivity termination after two years

⛔Account termination

5-B

💬 If you don't use your account for over two years, Discord may terminate it.

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“Your account has been inactive for more than two years.”

6Indemnity1 clause

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You must cover Discord's legal costs

🛡️Limits their liability

6-A

💬 If someone sues Discord because of something you did or posted, you agree to pay Discord's legal costs and damages.

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“You will indemnify and hold Discord and its officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, and costs (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) related to (a) your access to or use of our services or third-party services, (b) your content, (c) your violation of these terms, or (d) your negligence or willful misconduct.”

7Services AS IS & Limitation of Liability2 clauses

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No warranties — services provided 'as is'

🛡️Limits their liability

7-A

💬 Discord makes no promises about the quality or reliability of its services and disclaims all warranties to the extent legally allowed.

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“THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE ALSO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT”

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Liability capped at $100 or 3 months of fees

🛡️Limits their liability

7-B

💬 No matter how much harm you suffer, the most Discord will pay you is $100 or what you paid them in the last three months — whichever is greater.

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“DISCORD LIMITS OUR LIABILITY TO YOU TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE YOU FIRST ASSERT A CLAIM OR (B) $100 USD (OR THE EQUIVALENT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY).”

8Settling Disputes Between You and Discord8 clauses

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Mandatory binding arbitration for US/Canada users

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-A

💬 US and Canadian users generally must resolve disputes through private arbitration instead of in court, and waive the right to a jury trial — unless you opt out within 30 days.

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“IF YOU’RE A U.S. OR CANADIAN RESIDENT YOU ALSO AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING “AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE” WHICH CONTAINS MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISIONS.”

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Class action and collective relief waiver

🚫No class action

8-B

💬 You cannot join with other users to sue Discord as a group; every claim must be pursued individually.

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“you may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, collective, or representative action.”

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Mandatory informal resolution prerequisite

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-C

💬 Before you can arbitrate or sue, you must first send a written notice and personally participate in a phone/video call to try to settle — you can't skip this step.

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“This Informal Dispute Resolution process, including your personal participation in the meet and confer is a prerequisite and condition precedent to commencing any formal dispute resolution proceeding.”

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California law and Delaware venue

📍Jurisdiction

8-D

💬 Non-arbitrable disputes must be handled under California law in courts located in Delaware, which may be far and inconvenient for most users.

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“the Dispute must be resolved exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction, federal or state (including small claims court), located in the County of New Castle, Delaware, and no other court.”

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One-year deadline to bring any claim

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-E

💬 You have only one year from when a problem arises to start a claim, shorter than many standard legal time limits.

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“No action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to a Dispute may be brought by either Party more than one (1) year after the cause of action has accrued.”

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You bear your own arbitration costs including attorney fees

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-F

💬 Even if you win in arbitration, you generally have to pay your own lawyer and expert witness costs.

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“In all arbitrations, unless otherwise required by law or the arbitration provider’s rules, you are responsible for all other additional arbitration costs incurred, including attorney’s fees and expert witness costs.”

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Mass filing batching limits collective claims

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-G

💬 If many people file similar claims, they are processed slowly in batches of 100 at a time, which can significantly delay resolution of your individual claim.

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“the Parties agree (i) to administer the Mass Filing in batches of 100 demands per batch... with only one batch filed, processed, and adjudicated at a time”

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30-day arbitration opt-out window

⚖️Forced arbitration

8-H

💬 You can escape mandatory arbitration by emailing an opt-out within 30 days of registering (or the effective date). Miss the window and you're bound.

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“You can decline this Agreement to Arbitrate–and no other provision of these terms–by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later”

9More Important Stuff3 clauses

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Discord can change terms; continued use means acceptance

📝Can change terms anytime

9-A

💬 Discord can update these terms and your only way to reject changes is to stop using Discord entirely.

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“If you continue to use our services after the changes have taken effect, it means that you agree to the changes. If you don’t agree, you must stop using our services.”

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Arbitration changes apply to unfiled claims

📝Can change terms anytime

9-B

💬 Changes to the arbitration agreement can apply retroactively to disputes you haven't yet formally filed, even if the underlying issue happened earlier.

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“Changes will become effective on the 30th day and apply to all claims not yet filed, regardless of when they accrued.”

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Cannot assign terms; Discord can

📌Other

9-C

💬 Discord can transfer its rights under this agreement freely (e.g. if sold), but you cannot transfer yours without permission.

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“You may not assign these terms to anyone else without our written consent. We may assign our rights to any of our affiliates or subsidiaries, or to any successor in interest”

Discord terms of service, explained in plain English — TOSTLDR