
On Mobile: While viewing the server list, tap the server name and then Settings in the bottom right.

On Desktop : Right click on the server name and go to Server Settings Note that depending on the exact permissions you have as a moderator and whether or not your server has boosts or is verified/partnered, not all options shown may be available to you. The Server settings items allow you to configure the server as a whole, as opposed to managing individual members.
DISCORD ROLE PERMISSIONS RESET HOW TO
How to access each menu and how its options work will be discussed in detail below. If you aren’t using a bot for server moderation, your moderation is going to be done by using Discord’s context menus. The permissions for which this applies are as follows: You can read more about what 2FA is and how to enable it on your account here. These permissions are considered sensitive enough that if you are in a server where two-factor authentication (2FA) is required for moderators, these permissions are disabled. Administrative Role Permissionsĭiscord has several role-specific permissions that grant what would be considered “administrative functionality” to users (not to be confused with the actual Administrator permission). If you do give Administrator to anyone, it is highly recommended to enable 2FA for your server as described in the next section. You may also find on further consideration that the user in question does not even need every permission, and will be fine with only a couple of elevated permissions. This way you can at least protect your channels via channel permissions. While the chance of this happening with larger or more renowned public bots is low, you should be mindful that this is the sort of power you are giving to a Discord Bot if you grant it the Administrator permission and only do so if you are confident the bot and its development team can be trusted.īefore giving this permission to a user, consider if giving them a role that has every other permission enabled will serve your purpose. Because of this granting this role to any user or bot should be done with the utmost caution and on an as-needed basis.īecause bots can automate actions on Discord, bots with this permission can instantly delete all of your text channels, remove your emotes and roles, create hundreds of roles with the Administrator permission and start assigning them to your other users, and otherwise cause unmitigated havoc on your server faster than you can even understand what is happening. The Administrator permission is a special permission on a Discord role in that it grants every Discord permission and allows users with that permission to bypass all channel-specific permissions. A Note About the Administrator Permission

Read here for instructions on turning on developer mode and getting IDs. This will allow you to copy user, channel, and server IDs which are extremely helpful for moderation, reporting issues to Discord, and dealing with Discord bots. The first thing you should do is turn on developer mode for Discord.

Before reading this article, it may be useful to learn more about role and channel permissions here. Due to the discrepancies in functionality between the mobile and desktop clients, throughout this article the instructions for navigating Discord will be in terms of the desktop client.
DISCORD ROLE PERMISSIONS RESET MANUAL
While there are many bots that cover both manual and automatic features of moderation, understanding how these bots work will be difficult without knowing how Discord’s native moderation features function. Once you become a moderator, it’s important to know what tools are at your disposal to help manage your Discord server.
