Age-restricted servers are Discord communities marked as 18+ to ensure adult content is only accessible to users who meet age requirements. These servers can be designated by server owners or admins.
What this article covers:
Check out our support article here to learn more about what age-restricted servers are and how to manage them.
Why Is A Server Labeled As Age-Restricted?
Our Community Guidelines explain that adult content posted to Discord must be shared in age-restricted spaces. For servers, this can be done in two ways:
- Server owners or users with the “Manage Server” permission can self-designate entire servers as being 18+ by adding an age-restriction..
- Discord can classify an entire servers as 18+ through the use of an age-restricted server designation.
Servers must be classified as age-restricted if the community is organized around age-restricted themes or if the majority of the server’s content is focused on 18+ content.
I Can’t View or Join Age-Restricted servers. What Should I Do?
Only users in the adult age group can enter or join servers marked as age-restricted by their server owner. This applies to the server owners and moderators as well. If you are in the teen age group, you will not be able to join or view the content in age-restricted servers.
Example of an Age-Restricted Server Confirmation Window
You can check what age group you are in at User Settings > Account Status. If you are an adult and aren’t able to access age-restricted servers, you can confirm your age group by following the instructions here.
Those with iOS devices are required to "opt-in on desktop" in order to view age-restricted servers from their iOS device.
How to opt in for iOS:
1. Sign in to Discord on desktop and navigate to your User Settings by selecting the cogwheel icon [] in the bottom left corner of the app.
Cogwheel Icon: Access User Settings
2. In User Settings, select Messaging Permissions.
3. Enable Allow access to age-restricted content on iOS by pressing the toggle. This will let you view age-restricted servers you are already a member of from your iOS device.
Allowing Access to Age-restricted Servers on iOS Permission
Additionally, a subset of age-restricted servers that are specifically focused on explicit content will be blocked entirely on iOS.
- iOS users aged 18+ will only be able to join and access servers dedicated to this content on the desktop and web versions of Discord.