Terms of Service

Discord · agreement dated September 29, 2025 · Official agreement

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Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Operating corporate entity and principal location

Discord Inc. is located at 444 De Haro Street #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

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We’re Discord! Discord Inc. is located at 444 De Haro Street #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Corporate address in San Francisco, CA

data: location_data · purpose: service_operation

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Minimum age and guardian responsibility

Users must be at least 13 and meet their country’s minimum age. A person below the age of majority needs a guardian’s agreement. Guardians permitting use and the child are bound by the terms and responsible for account activity and purchases. Discord may use third parties to check age.

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By accessing our services, you confirm that you’re at least 13 years old and meet the minimum age required by the laws in your country. Our services are not designed for nor directed towards users under the age of 13. We may take additional steps, including the use of third-party services, to determine whether you are old enough to create a Discord account or access certain features or spaces. By creating a Discord account or using our services, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and represent that you have either reached the age of "majority" where you live or your parent or legal guardian agrees to be bound by these terms on your behalf.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Activity detection and sharing can be controlled

While running, Discord may identify active games and applications to enable calling, streaming and sharing status. You can change settings and choose whether to connect other accounts.

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Discord is designed to integrate with your device to make it easy to share what you’re up to. 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. Sharing gameplay and other activity status is fundamental to the Discord experience.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Personalization has settings controls

Discord may personalize content, promotions and sponsored material using activity, stated preferences and joined servers. You can control whether and how much personalization occurs 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, so that you can see content and communities that may be of interest to you (such as features or activity on Discord, promotions from us, and sponsored content). You can control whether and to what extent Discord personalizes your experience in your Settings.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

An ongoing account requires contact and birth information

Ongoing access requires an account with username, password and contact information such as email or phone, plus birth date. Some cases require verification or additional information.

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To access the services on an ongoing basis, you will need to create a Discord account. You can provide a username and password, and a way of contacting you (such as an email address and/or phone number). You’ll also need to provide your birthday.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Protect your account and report suspected compromise

You are responsible for account security and must notify Discord immediately if you believe it is compromised. Passwords must be strong; unique passwords and two-factor authentication are recommended.

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You are responsible for the security of your account, and you agree to [notify us](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000029212) immediately if you believe your account has been compromised.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Recovery depends on accurate contact information

Keep account information accurate. Discord may treat communications and purchases through the account as yours. If an account is compromised or registered email/phone access is lost, Discord may not be able to restore it or its servers.

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any purchases made using your account were made by you
we may not be able to restore your access

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Account and identifier transfers require written approval

Licensing, selling, lending or transferring accounts, usernames, vanity URLs or other unique identifiers needs Discord’s prior written approval. Discord may delete, change or reclaim identifiers.

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You agree not to license, sell, lend, or transfer your account, Discord username, vanity URL, or other unique identifier without our prior written approval.

Content & IP Rights · Context

Broad definition of user content

User content encompasses all items added to the services: text, links, emojis, GIFs, audio, photos, videos, and uploaded media.

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When we say “your content” in these terms, we mean all the things you add (upload, post, share, stream, etc.) to our services. This includes text, links, GIFs, emoji, photos, videos, documents, or other media.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Includes text, media, and uploaded attachments

data: user_content · purpose: service_operation

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Your content license is limited to service purposes

You retain content rights while granting a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license. The license is limited to providing, developing and improving Discord’s services as law permits; this clause does not separately authorize unrestricted promotion.

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Your content is yours, but you give us a license (which is a form of permission) to it when you use Discord. Your content may be protected by certain intellectual property rights. We don’t own those. But 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 (which means you can still license your content to others), royalty-free (which means there are no fees for this license), sublicensable, and transferable.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Discord can remove content for violations or risk

Discord may block, remove or permanently delete content for violations of rules or law, risks to Discord or negative effects on other users’ experience or interests.

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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, our [Community Guidelines](https://discord.com/guidelines), our other policies, or any applicable law or regulation, or if it creates risk for Discord or negatively impacts the experience or interests of other Discord users to continue to make it available.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Client software has a limited personal license

While you comply with the terms, you receive a worldwide, personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable and nonassignable license to download and run the software solely to access Discord.

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License to our software. Some of our services allow you to download client software. So long as you comply with these terms, we grant you a worldwide, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and non-assignable license to download, install, and run that software, solely to access our services.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Software restrictions have consent and legal exceptions

Copying, modification, distribution, sale, leasing and sublicensing are restricted. Reverse engineering or decompilation is prohibited unless Discord gives written consent or law permits it.

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You may not copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, distribute, sell, lease, or sublicense any of our software or services. You also may not reverse engineer or decompile our software or services, attempt to do so, or assist anyone in doing so, unless you have our written consent or applicable law permits it.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Harmful use includes harassment and unauthorized access

The rules prohibit harm to yourself or others, including unauthorized account access, IP infringement, exploitation, harassment, bullying, spam or automated messaging, and planning real-world harm.

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Don’t use the services to do harm to yourself or others. Among other things, this includes trying to gain access to another user’s account or any non-public portions of the services; infringing anyone else’s intellectual property rights or any other proprietary rights; exploiting, harassing, bullying, spamming, auto-messaging, or auto-dialing people through our services; and using our services to plan or cause real-world harm to someone else.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

System abuse, unapproved scraping and resale are prohibited

The terms prohibit system attacks, scraping without written consent, commercialization of obtained content or data, malware, unauthorized modifications, payment fraud, IP misuse and abuse of reporting or support.

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Don’t use the services to do harm to Discord. Among other things, this includes trying to gain access to, intentionally overburdening, or attacking our systems; scraping our services without our written consent, including by using any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automatic device, process, or software; selling, licensing, or otherwise commercializing content or data obtained from our services; transmitting viruses or other malicious code to our services; using any unauthorized software designed to modify the services; abusing or defrauding us or our payment systems; copying, dismantling, or reverse engineering any of our services or using our intellectual property without permission; and misusing our reporting or customer service mechanisms.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Prohibition of illegal activity and illicit transactions

Using services to facilitate, plan, or execute unlawful transactions or illegal conduct is strictly forbidden.

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Don’t use the services to do anything else that’s illegal. This includes using the services to plan or commit any crime or do anything else that is illegal.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Strict legal prohibition

purpose: legal_compliance

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Delete the account and stop use to terminate

You may stop using Discord at any time. To terminate the agreement, delete the account through Settings and discontinue service use. Specified duties survive.

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Your right to terminate. You’re free to stop using Discord’s services at any time and for any reason. To terminate this agreement, you may delete your Discord account through the Settings page in the Discord app (the gear icon next to your username) and discontinue use of the services.

Retention & Deletion · User right or choice

Disabling an account does not terminate the agreement

Disabling limits personal-information processing as the Privacy Policy describes but leaves the agreement in place.

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Disabling your account limits the processing of your personal information as described in our [Privacy Policy](https://discord.com/privacy). Disabling your account does not terminate this agreement.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Discord may terminate subject to legal and notice limits

Subject to law, Discord may suspend or terminate access for any reason, including violations, legal obligations or risk. It will give advance notice when reasonable or legally required.

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at our discretion for any reason
advance notice if reasonable to do so or required by applicable law

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Two-year account inactivity termination threshold

Discord may terminate or close accounts that remain inactive for more than two consecutive years.

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Your account has been inactive for more than two years.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Two-year inactivity threshold

data: account_data · purpose: account_management

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Right to appeal moderation and enforcement decisions

Users have the right to submit an appeal against account sanctions or content removal decisions through Discord's appeal process.

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We value transparency and work hard to give you context for the decisions we make. You can appeal any enforcement action we take under these terms or other policies, including terminations, suspensions, or content removals through this [form](https://dis.gd/request) or available [in-app options](https://discord.com/safety/360044103651-reporting-abusive-behavior-to-discord).

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Procedural right to contest moderation decisions

data: account_data · purpose: dispute_resolution

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Indemnity covers specified use, content and misconduct claims

You must indemnify Discord and its officers, directors, employees and agents for claims and costs, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, related to service or third-party-service use, content, violations, negligence or willful misconduct.

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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.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Services are as-is to the extent law allows

Discord gives no minimum service-quality guarantee and disclaims warranties as far as law permits. Where warranties cannot be excluded, it limits their duration and remedies only as far as that jurisdiction allows.

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We work hard to offer great services, but we can’t guarantee any minimum levels of quality of services (which may also depend on factors beyond our control, such as the quality of your internet access and equipment). TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCORD, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE ALSO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT,

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Damage exclusions preserve nonwaivable rights

Where law allows, Discord excludes listed consequential and economic losses, data loss and service damage. It does not exclude liability illegally or override nonwaivable consumer rights.

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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW
WE DON’T EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU WHERE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO SO.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Liability cap uses payments before the first claim

Except liabilities law does not allow Discord to limit, its cap is the greater of $100 (or local equivalent) or amounts paid in the three months before you first assert a claim.

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BESIDES THE TYPES OF LIABILITY WE CANNOT LIMIT BY LAW (AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION), 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).

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Email an individual notice before formal proceedings

Send disputes@discordapp.com your name, account email or phone, detailed issue and requested resolution. You and any counsel must be personally available for a phone/video conference unless Discord waives your attendance in writing.

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“Informal Dispute Resolution.” Most Disputes can be resolved informally. If you have an issue with the services or Discord, you agree that you will reach out to us and use good faith efforts to settle the Dispute informally through negotiation before initiating a lawsuit or arbitration. This requires emailing disputes@discordapp.com a written notice (“Written Notice”) about your issue, which must include: (1) your name; (2) the email address or phone number associated with your Discord account; (3) a detailed description of the issue; and (4) how you’d like to resolve it. This notice must be provided on an individual basis and you, along with your counsel if you have one, must be available personally for a telephone or videoconference to resolve your claims, unless Discord states in writing that you are not personally required to attend.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Unresolved disputes can proceed after 60 days

If unresolved 60 days after receipt of notice, the parties may continue informal discussions or use an applicable formal dispute process. The appropriate process still depends on the arbitration terms and exceptions.

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If the Dispute is not resolved within 60 days after receipt of the Written Notice, you and Discord agree to resolve any remaining Dispute through further informal discussions or one of the formal dispute resolution provisions below.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Informal resolution pauses deadlines and is a prerequisite

The required informal process, including participation unless waived, precedes formal filings. Limitations, fees and other deadlines pause during it. A court may decide whether notice and participation requirements were satisfied.

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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. You and Discord (the “Parties”) agree that any applicable statute of limitations period and filing fees or other deadlines will be tolled while the Parties engage in this Informal Dispute Resolution process. The Parties further agree that whether a complaining Party has satisfied the requirements of this Informal Dispute Resolution process, including whether a Written Notice was properly submitted or contained all required information, is an issue that can be decided by a court as a prerequisite to arbitration.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

US and California law govern unless law prohibits

Federal US and California law govern the terms and disputes, subject to applicable legal restrictions and preserved mandatory local consumer rights.

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EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
law of the United States and the laws of California

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Court venue is generally New Castle County, Delaware

Non-arbitrable disputes and arbitration-related court proceedings generally go to competent courts in New Castle County, Delaware, except where law prohibits. EU consumers retain the stated local-rights and home-court exception.

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County of New Castle, Delaware
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
to a court in your domicile if in an EU Member State

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Non-arbitrable claims must generally be individual

Except where law prohibits, non-arbitrable disputes may only be pursued individually, without class, collective or representative actions. Arbitration has its own relief and batching rules.

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may only be pursued by you on an individual basis
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Claims generally have a one-year deadline

Either party must bring a dispute-related action within one year after accrual, except where applicable law prohibits that limit. Required informal resolution pauses relevant deadlines.

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more than one (1) year
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
will be tolled

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

US and Canadian arbitration has exceptions

After unsuccessful informal resolution, US and Canadian residents generally use binding arbitration. Proper opt-outs, qualifying small claims and specified IP or unauthorized-use disputes are exceptions.

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U.S. OR CANADIAN RESIDENT
subject to the terms of this Agreement to Arbitrate
You can decline
will not be subject to arbitration

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Arbitration waives jury trial

For covered disputes the parties waive jury trial to the extent law permits. Arbitration costs may exceed litigation costs and discovery may be more limited.

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ARBITRATION MEANS THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. In some instances, the costs of arbitration could exceed the costs of litigation and the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU AND DISCORD ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

NAM mass filings use staged batches of 100

For 100 or more similar coordinated demands close in time, NAM generally uses batches of 100 and one arbitrator per batch, with 10% of anticipated batches permitted simultaneously. Remaining filings and fees wait for designated stages and mediation. The claim limitation period pauses until disposition, withdrawal or settlement.

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to increase the efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, in the event 100 or more similar arbitration demands (those asserting the same or substantially similar facts or claims, and seeking the same or substantially similar relief) presented by or with the assistance or coordination of the same law firm(s) or organization(s) are submitted to NAM against Discord within reasonably close temporal proximity ("Mass Filing"), the Parties agree (i) to administer the Mass Filing in batches of 100 demands per batch (to the extent there are fewer than 100 arbitration demands left over after the batching described above, a final batch will consist of the remaining demands) with only one batch filed, processed, and adjudicated at a time; (ii) to designate one arbitrator for each batch; (iii) to accept applicable fees, including any related fee reduction determined by NAM; (iv) that 10% of the anticipated total number of batches for the Mass Filing may proceed simultaneously as set forth in this batching provision and Agreement to Arbitrate, but no other demands for arbitration that are part of the Mass Filing may be filed, processed, or adjudicated until the completion of the “Mediation Period” described below, and after a prior batch of 100 is filed, processed, and adjudicated; (v) that fees associated with a demand for arbitration included in a Mass Filing, including fees owed by Discord and the claimants, shall only be due after your demand for arbitration is included in a set of batch proceedings and that batch is properly designated for filing, processing, and adjudication; and (vi) that the staged process of batched proceedings, with each set including 100 demands, shall continue until each demand (including your demand) is adjudicated or otherwise resolved.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

NAM mediation can lead to a court opt-out

After the first completed NAM batch, a mediator has a 90-day period to resolve remaining claims or agree on a method. If unresolved with no agreed method, either side may opt out to court by written notice within 60 days after that period. Otherwise staged arbitration continues.

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For arbitrations before NAM, the results of the first completely adjudicated batch of demands will be given to a NAM mediator selected from a group of 5 mediators proposed by NAM, with Discord and the remaining claimants’ counsel being able to strike one mediator each and then rank the remaining mediators and the highest collectively ranked mediator being selected. The selected mediator will try to facilitate a resolution of the remaining demands in the Mass Filing. After the results of the first batch are provided to the mediator, Discord, the remaining claimants and their counsel, and the mediator will have 90 days (the “Mediation Period”) to agree on a resolution or substantive methodology for resolving the outstanding demands. If the Parties are unable to resolve the outstanding demands during the Mediation Period and cannot agree on a methodology for resolving them through further arbitrations, either Discord or any remaining claimant may opt out of the arbitration process (“Mass Arbitration Opt Out”) and have the demand(s) proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Email arbitration opt-out within the later 30-day window

Email arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or first account registration, whichever is later. Only arbitration is rejected; other terms remain. The clause removes prior arbitration agreements for claims not yet filed.

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‍Opt-out. 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; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, Discord also will not be bound by it and there shall be no arbitration agreement existing between you and Discord, whether under these or prior arbitration provisions. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you may exercise your right to a trial by jury or judge, as permitted by applicable law, but any prior existing agreement to arbitrate Disputes will not apply to claims not yet filed. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you will not be opting out of any other provision of these terms and you agree to be bound by all other provisions of these terms, which shall remain in effect as allowable by law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Small claims and specified IP disputes are exceptions

Qualifying individual US small claims and listed IP, piracy or unauthorized-use disputes are outside arbitration. Courts decide small-claims jurisdiction and may decide timeliness or informal-process compliance; related arbitration may pause while those questions are decided.

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‍Exceptions. You or Discord may still pursue claims, if they qualify, exclusively in a small claims court in the United States on an individual basis for Disputes and actions within the scope of such court’s jurisdiction, regardless of what forum the filing Party initially chose, and you and Discord both consent to venue and personal jurisdiction in that court. The small claims court, and not any arbitrator or arbitration provider, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve Disputes regarding whether a Dispute is properly within the jurisdiction of a small claims court. Additionally, Disputes concerning patents, copyrights, moral rights, trademarks, and trade secrets and claims of piracy or unauthorized use of our services will not be subject to arbitration.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

US collective arbitration waiver permits stated exceptions

The stated collective-relief waiver applies to US residents. Individual relief is the default, but Discord may consent to consolidation in a separate writing under the specified process, and class-wide settlements remain permitted.

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IF YOU’RE A U.S. RESIDENT
Where Discord does consent to consolidation
class-wide settlement of claims

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Post-termination data retention and display rights

Discord retains the right to retain and display certain user communications and content following account termination as detailed in retention policies.

Supporting quotations

Our rights to [retain and display certain data](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/5431812448791-How-long-Discord-keeps-your-information);

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Survives termination of terms

data: user_content · data: account_data · purpose: data_retention · purpose: service_operation

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Material term changes usually get advance notice

Discord gives reasonable advance notice of changes materially affecting use or rights, unless urgent. Continued use after effectiveness accepts changes; users who disagree must stop.

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Updates to these terms. We may decide to update these terms: (1) to reflect changes to our services or our business, (2) for legal or regulatory reasons, (3) to prevent abuse on or of our services, or (4) to better protect or serve users of our services. If these changes materially affect your Discord use or your legal rights, we’ll give you reasonable advance notice (unless the updates are urgent). 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.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Additional terms cover purchases, sales and developer use

Privacy, community and other policies are incorporated. Developer/API, paid-service and monetization terms apply to their respective activities; conflicting product-specific additional terms control for that product.

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are incorporated into these terms
the additional terms will control

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Server administrators control access and rules

Owners and admins set server permissions, membership rules, public discovery and invite links, and installed bots. Permissions can change; publicly discoverable or linked spaces may be accessible to anyone. Review the space before sharing.

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server owners and admins control the server permissions
Anyone can access these spaces.

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

Some safety defaults cannot be disabled

Safety settings may differ by age or location and some are not optional. Discord provides family and accessibility tools.

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some may not be optional at all

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Service changes can make content unrecoverable

Discord may add or remove services and features, including for business or risk reasons. Outages or changes may make content unretrievable, and Discord disclaims liability subject to the agreement’s legal limits.

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your content may not be retrievable
WE DON’T EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO YOU WHERE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO SO.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You need rights to lawful submissions

You need not submit content, but any submission must be lawful and you must hold rights for it and the required license. Discord disclaims responsibility for your content and others’ use of it.

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ensuring that you have the right to do so

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Content may be disclosed for law, safety or property

Discord may disclose content outside the service when it believes law requires it, to prevent harm or to protect its rights and property.

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we may disclose your content to third parties outside of the services

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Feedback grants an enduring license

Feedback grants a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, nonexclusive license without restrictions, attribution or compensation.

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without any restrictions, attribution, or compensation

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Other users’ content and Discord branding have use limits

Others’ content requires their consent or legal permission; Discord does not endorse or verify it and may review reports at its discretion. Discord retains its own IP, with branding use governed by guidelines or written permission.

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without that person’s consent, or as allowed by law
our prior written permission

Content & IP Rights · Context

Open-source licenses can override these terms

Some software has separate open-source license requirements, which may expressly override the general terms.

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some licenses may explicitly override these terms

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Third-party apps have their own terms

Using bots, apps or external features is your choice and subject to their providers’ rules. Discord disclaims warranties and responsibility for them and retains discretion whether to investigate reports.

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You should review any terms and policies provided by the third parties
right, but not the obligation

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment

Basic use is free; purchases and carrier fees differ

Basic functionality carries no Discord fee, but extras may be sold under Paid Services Terms. You pay applicable mobile data or messaging charges.

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We won’t charge you a fee to use the basic functionality
responsible for any mobile charges

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Discord cannot contact emergency services

If someone is in immediate danger contact local law enforcement directly; Discord does not provide emergency contact functionality.

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you cannot contact law enforcement or other emergency services via our services

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Provider and hearing rules depend on the dispute

California residents and mass cases involving them use ADR Services; others generally use NAM, with ADR Services as fallback if NAM is unavailable. Claims at $10,000 or less without injunction/declaration requests normally proceed on documents unless a hearing is needed or required by law.

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Mass Arbitrations involving any residents of the state of California
does not exceed $10,000

Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure

Arbitration costs depend on who files

Discord pays all arbitration costs when it initiates. User-filed costs follow provider rules and law; users generally pay their own attorneys and experts. Providers may change fee timing or amounts without increasing user costs; good-faith fee challenges pause due dates.

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Discord will pay all costs
including attorney’s fees and expert witness costs
does not increase the costs to you
all due dates for those fees shall be tolled

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Rejecting an offer can shift arbitration costs

A written judgment offer at least 14 days before a hearing can shift post-offer costs if the recipient rejects it and fails to get a more favorable award.

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At least 14 days
will pay the offering Party’s costs

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Arbitrators decide most enforceability and fee questions

Subject to the court exceptions, arbitrators decide scope, enforceability and fees, may grant court-equivalent relief and impose sanctions for improper claims or noncompliance. Written awards bind the parties but do not bind nonparties on other disputes.

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exclusive authority
No arbitration award or decision will have any preclusive effect

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Arbitration location depends on who files and residence

A US resident filing generally uses their county or the closest available in-state venue. Discord-filed and Canadian cases normally begin in New Castle County, Delaware, with agreement or undue-burden exceptions. Video may be used and mass proceedings have different venue rules.

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County where you reside
unreasonably burdensome
exclusively by video

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

ADR Services mass cases have a separate mediation path

NAM’s batching provisions generally do not apply at ADR Services. After 10% of its mass cases are resolved, the parties mediate; unresolved claims without an agreed further method can be opted out to court.

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after 10% of the total number of cases
may opt out of the arbitration process

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Some invalid mass or class rules void arbitration entirely

If the collective-relief waiver, mass-filings paragraph or ADR mass rules are unenforceable, the arbitration agreement becomes void. Other invalid clauses are generally severed while the rest survives.

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will be null and void

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Arbitration changes provide another opt-out opportunity

Discord gives 30 days’ notice of material arbitration changes. Acceptance or continued use can bind unfiled claims under the stated actual-notice qualification. Before the period ends, email arbitration-opt-out@discord.com to reject arbitration; prior arbitration terms then do not govern unfiled claims.

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Discord will provide 30 days’ notice
Discord does not have actual notice
before the 30 day period expires

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Export limits apply with authorized-use exceptions

Users must follow import/export and sanctions laws, obtain required permissions for controlled content and not be restricted parties. Embargoed-country use is prohibited unless relevant authorities authorize it.

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unless that use is authorized

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Assignment and surviving obligations have limits

User assignment needs written consent; Discord can assign to affiliates, subsidiaries or relevant successors. Failure to enforce is not waiver. Inherent surviving duties include amounts owed, indemnity, warranty and liability rules and dispute resolution as law permits.

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without our written consent
successor in interest
Any amounts owed will remain due
As permitted under applicable law

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Apple app use carries platform-specific terms

The app license covers Apple/Mac devices you own or control under Apple policies. Apple need not support it and has limited warranty refund duties, but can enforce these terms as a beneficiary. Other applicable platform terms and sanctions representations also apply.

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Apple will refund the app purchase price
third-party beneficiaries