In this modern era, most people use Discord to communicate with each other via group chat or individual private chat. For group chat, Discord servers are created by any user of public or private type. A private Discord server is a server where only the host or admin of the server can invite and add people to it, and the specified server owner can change or set the rules and required permissions.
This guide will discuss the procedure of making a Discord server private on desktop and mobile Discord applications. Let’s begin!
How to Make a Discord Server Private on Desktop?
To make the Discord server private on the desktop application, follow the given instructions.
Step 1: Open Discord
Using the “Startup” menu, search and open the “Discord” application on your desktop system:
Step 2: Create a Discord Server
To make a private Discord server, we need to create it first. To do so, click on the below highlighted plus icon to “Add a Server”:
Click on the “Create My Own” option from the appeared window:
Next, click on the “For me and my friends” as your server type:
Step 3: Customize Discord Server
Enter the server name in the given field and hit the “Create” button. Here, we have entered “Private’s server” as our Discord server name:
As you can see, the server is created successfully. Now, click on the below-highlighted icon to set the permissions for making it private:
Step 4: Open Server Settings
Click on the “Server Settings” option from the opened drop-down menu:
Click on “Roles” from the available categories:
Select the “@everyone” role, click on the “Permissions” tab, and turn off all permissions except “View Channels”. Save all changes by clicking on “Save Changes” and hit the “Esc” key to exit. The specified operation will set the required permissions to make our Discord server private:
Let’s check out the method for making a server private on a Discord mobile application.
How to Make a Discord Server Private on Mobile?
To make a server private on a Discord mobile application, let’s check out the below procedure.
Step 1: Open Discord
Tap on the Discord icon to open it on your mobile device:
Step 2: Create a Discord Server
Tap on the below highlighted plus “+” icon from the left-most side at the bottom to create a new server:
Tap on the “Create My Own” option:
Again, tap on the “For me and my friends” option:
Step 3: Customize Discord Server
Type the desired server name in the given field and tap on the “Create Server” button. In our case, we have specified “Private_server’s” as our Discord server name:
As you can see in the below image, our “Private_server’s” is created successfully:
Step 4: Open Server Settings
Tap on the “Settings” icon to open the selected server’s settings:
Scroll down the screen and tap on the “Roles” category under the “USER MANAGEMENT”:
Step 5: Create Role
To make a new role, tap on the below-highlighted icon:
Enter the role name inside the “ROLE NAME” field. Here, we have entered “P_role” as new roles:
Step 6: Set Permissions
Scroll down the screen and turn off all permissions except “View Channels”. To save all changes, tap on the below-highlighted button:
That’s all! We have effectively offered the easiest method to make the server private on Discord.
Conclusion
To make the server private on Discord desktop and mobile applications, open the Discord application, and click on the plus icon to create a new server. Select the “Create My Own” category and click on the “For me and my friends” option. Enter the server name and hit the “Create Server” button. Lastly, open “Server Settings”, select the “Roles” category, and turn off all permissions except “View Channels”. This guide illustrated the procedure for making a server private on Discord.
