Discover how to create Discord age-restricted channels and maximize their effectiveness. Learn the step-by-step process for setting up dedicated age-restricted spaces in your server to properly manage adult content, plus find out how to submit an appeal if you're incorrectly locked out despite being over 18 years old.

The nice thing about Discord is just how awesome and easy it is to find brand new communities full of new people focused around all sorts of different topics, activities, and conversations!

We understand that there's a wide variety of fun things to talk about when chatting with close friends or new acquaintances, and that what might be ok for you might be unsuitable for others.

To help keep age-restricted content in a dedicated spot that's clearly labeled, we've added a channel setting that allows you to designate a text channel in your server (or multiple channels!) as age-restricted.

When enabled, anyone that opens the channel will be greeted with a notification letting them know that the channel may contain adult content:

Age-Restricted Channel in a Server

How to Set Up an Age-Restricted Channel

1. To designate a channel as age-restricted on desktop or browser, start by pressing the Edit Channel icon [] to the right of the channel name.

Edit Channel Icon 

2. Within the channel’s Overview tab, you'll see the Age-Restricted Channel option. Toggle it on, and you'll be good to go!

It's worth mentioning that while having a dedicated place for your age-restricted content is ok by Discord standards, there's still some material that isn't appropriate anywhere in Discord.

If you're unsure of what qualifies as ok or not, check out our Community Guidelines.

Help! I'm over 18 years old, but got locked out of an age-restricted Channel!

If you are over the age of 18 and have been locked out of an age-restricted channel, or are unable to use age-restricted commands in DMs, you can appeal by following the instructions in this Help Center article.