Welcome to the comprehensive beginner's guide to Discord!
What is a Server?
Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers, and they look like this:
You can join or create servers for all kinds of communities -- be it a book club 📚, a dance class 💃 , a study group 🖊️, or just some friends you want to spend time with.
How to use Text and Voice Channels?
Text Channels
Text channels are separate spaces for talking over text. They keep conversations organized and give everyone plenty of room to talk. Create separate channels for all the topics your group likes to talk about--from fishing trips to cooking tips.
Voice Channels
Voice channels are where you can hang out over voice and video. There’s no calling or ringing required - just click on a voice channel to enter it. Friends in your server can see you’re in there, and pop in to talk, wave hello over video, or share their screen.
How to Talk and Hang out in your server
With voice channels, you can easily start chatting with your friends and community right away! Follow these guides below to learn how to voice chat, video chat, or share your screen or watch other people stream right within your server!
How to Voice Chat?
Step 1: Join a Voice Channel!
Click a 🔊 voice channel in your server
Step 2: Start talking!
You should see a green outline around your avatar when you speak.
If you need to adjust your voice settings, click the cog icon to open your User Settings. On desktop, you’ll find it in the lower left corner of your server. From User Settings, head to Voice and Video settings to adjust your audio input, input sensitivity, and more.
Bonus Tip: You can adjust the volume of other people in the voice channel by right clicking their avatar on desktop, or pressing their name on mobile.
Bonus bonus tip: You can use Discord’s Krisp noise suppression to filter out unwanted background noise like lawnmowers or your neighbors dog 🐕 barking up a storm. You can enable Krisp from the icon in the lower left voice panel.
How to Video Chat?
Step 1: Join a Voice Channel!
Click a 🔊 voice channel in your server
Step 2: Share your Video!
Press the Video button in the bottom left corner and your video will be added to the voice channel. If you navigate away from the channel, just click it again to bring up
To change your input device, click the ⚙️ cog icon to open your User Settings. On desktop, you’ll find it in the lower left corner of your server. From User Settings, head to Voice and Video settings to update your video input device.
How to Share your screen?
Step 1: Join a Voice Channel!
Click a 🔊 voice channel in your server
Step 2: Activate screen share
Press the 📺 Screen icon in the voice status panel near the bottom left corner and a new window will pop out.
Step 3: Pick an application or screen to share
Select an individual application window to share, or select an entire screen to share.
Step 4: Go Live!
Press the "Go Live" button at the bottom of the window when you are ready to share your stream
How to Join and Watch a Stream or Screen Share?
Step 1: Find a stream
Look for any people with the 🔴 Live icon within a voice channel
Step 2: Join the Stream
Click on the username of the broadcaster with the 🔴 Live icon to automatically join the stream
Once you've joined, you can change the size and location of your viewing window. You can also control the stream’s audio from the volume icon while hovering over the stream.
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