Need to Ban or Unban a User on Discord? Here’s How to Do It

Or maybe you should kick them first

If you’re anowner of a Discord server, you know how hard it is to manage a Discord community. You’re lucky if you have a small group of users that are easy to handle. However, if it’s a bigger server with many users that you have to manage, sooner or later you’ll have to start banning people to maintain the peace.

Learning how to ban or kick someone out of your Discord server is especially useful for those who manage public Discord servers that anyone can join. Find out how to ban or unban a user on Discord and create a more efficient community for yourself and other users.

Should You Kick or Ban a User on Discord?

If someone’s disruptive onyour Discord server, you have two options to deal with them: you can kick them or ban them.

Kicking is a less terminal measure, as it only removes a user from your server without banning them. If you kick someone out of your Discord server, they can rejoin at a later date (for example, if you invite them again later). If the user in question made the mistake of not following the rules for the first time, kicking them off your server is a good way to deal with them.

Meanwhile, banning a user means that you’re getting rid of them for good. This is a permanent measure that ensures that the user won’t rejoin your server later. When you ban someone, they don’t see your server in their servers’ list anymore and can’t use an invite link again.

Since Discord bans both the user’s account and their IP address, the only way they’ll be able to join your server again is by using a new account with a new IP address.

How to Kick a User on Discord

If you’ve decided tokick a disruptive user from your Discord server, you can easily do that both from your computer or mobile.

To kick someone using your PC or Mac, follow the steps below.

If you prefer using Discord on your smartphone, here’s how to kick someone from your server on mobile.

Any user that you kicked from your server can rejoin it using anactive invitation link.

How to Ban a User on Discord on Computer & Mobile

If you’ve already tried kicking a user from your server, but they come back and keep disturbing the peace, you can ban them from ever joining your Discord server again.

The process of banning someone is similar to kicking them from your server. To ban a user on your computer, follow steps1 through 6described in the previous section. Then from the drop-down menu, selectBan username.

In the pop-up box, you can also select toDelete Message Historyof that user from thePrevious 24 HoursorPrevious 7 Days. If you like, you can also type in the reason for banning the user. After you’re finished, selectBanto confirm.

To ban a user on mobile, open the Discord app and follow steps1 through 6described above. After that, underAdministrative, selectBan username.

Here you’ll also see an option toDelete Message Historyof the user and describe the reason for banning them. After you selectConfirm, the user will be banned from your server.

How to Unban a User on Discord

Think you’ve banned someone by mistake? No worries, it’s an easy fix and you can revoke a ban on Discord in just a few clicks both from your computer or mobile.

To unban a user on Discord using your computer, follow the steps below.

To unban a user on Discord using your smartphone, follow steps1 through 4from the above, then selectUnban.

If the user you just unbanned keeps breaking the rules, you can ban them again an unlimited amount of times.

What to Do If You Got Banned on Discord

Nobody likes getting banned. If you think you’ve been banned on Discord for no good reason, the best course of action is to try contacting the server’s admin and get that ban revoked. Alternatively, you can try using a VPN to bypass the ban. However, it’s not a proven method, and there’s a big chance a VPN won’t help you get around the ban on Discord.

Have you ever banned someone or been banned yourself on Discord? Did you manage to get that ban lifted? Share your experience with Discord bans with us in the comments section below.

Anya is a freelance technology writer. Originally from Russia, she is currently a full-time Remote Worker and Digital Nomad. With a background in Journalism, Language Studies, and Technical Translation, Anya couldn’t imagine her life and work without using modern technology on a daily basis. Always looking out for new ways to make her life and location-independent lifestyle easier, she hopes to share her experiences as a tech- and internet-addict through her writing.Read Anya’s Full Bio

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