Getting Started on Mobile

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If you are new to Discord and would like to create an account via your mobile device, this guide will help walk you through the steps.

What this article covers:

Creating an Account

1. If you’d like to create a Discord account and start using the app, you can download Discord via your mobile device: 

2. Once the app is fully installed, tap on the app icon to launch the app. 

3. If this is your first time using Discord, press Register to create your account. You’ll need to enter:

  • a display name
  • a username
  • your email address or phone number
  • a password

4. Once you’ve finished entering this account information, you can then select Next to start using Discord. 

Remember to head into your email to verify your email address. By verifying your email address, you’ll be able to recover your account if you ever forget your password.

If your new account is not verified, your username will be given a random 5 digits to the end of your username after 7 days from account creation.

     

Setting up an Account

1. To set up your account, tap on your profile icon in the bottom right hand corner. 

2. Then, tap the cogwheel [] in the upper right corner. 

3. This will take you to your Settings where you can select various options to personalize your account.

     

Changing Your Avatar

1. If you’d like to change your avatar, tap your profile icon to navigate to your Profile. 

2. Then, tap on Edit Profile and select your profile icon to change your profile picture.

3. After you’ve selected your desired photo, you can adjust the image by zooming in or out of the photo. Then, select the Choose option in the bottom right to reflect the changes. 

4. The image preview will now be reflected in your profile. If it’s to your liking, pressing Save in the upper right corner will save your changes.

Along with customizing your avatar, Nitro members can also add an animated avatar. If you’d like to learn more about animated avatars, you can check out this article.  

Changing Your Account Details

As you continue exploring Discord, you may wish to change your username or even your email address associated with your account. 

1. If you would like to change your account details, head over to your Settings and tap Account. 

2. Once redirected to Account, you will see that you can select various options. To edit a specific account detail, tap the specific option. 

3. Before the changes are solidified, you will be asked to verify your password to confirm the changes. Then, you should be all set!  

   

4. Additionally, if you ever need to change your password, you’ll be able to press Password in the Account settings.

You can only change your username and avatar two times in an hour! So if you’ve reached the limit for the hour, you’ll need to wait before changing your name again! 

Adding Friends

Now that you’ve officially created an account, you can directly add friends or receive friend requests from people that you already know on Discord!

Sending Friend Requests  

1. To send a friend request, be sure to tap the Messages tab in the bottom row. 

2. Once you have been redirected to Messages, tap the Add Friends button in the upper right corner.

3. To add your friend by their username, tap @ Add by Username and input your friend’s username.

4. Once you’ve typed in your friend’s Discord username and press Send Friend Request, a request will be directly sent!

If you're not able to send a request, it's possible that your friend needs to change their Privacy and Safety Settings for who can add them as a Friend. Check out the Friend Request section in our article on Privacy Settings for more details. 

If you’d like to view your previously added friends, you can tap on your profile icon in the bottom right corner and select Your Friends.

   

Make sure that you’re typing your friend’s username exactly as spelled and double check capitalization since usernames are case sensitive. Additionally, make sure to remove any extra spaces.

Adding a Friend in a Server

1. If you’re already in a server, and you’d like to add someone you’ve become friends with, you can tap on the channel’s name located at the very top to navigate to the Members list and tap on the person’s username to view their profile. You can also  tap the user’s avatar in a message to view their profile. 

2. While there, you’ll be able to select the Add Friend option to send a Friend Request. 

Accepting Friend Requests

If you’ve received a Friend Request, you’ll see a red notification on your Notifications tab. 

1. Press the bell icon located in the bottom row to be redirected to the Notifications tab.

2. Then, you can check your pending friend requests by tapping on the Friend Requests icon in the upper right corner. 

3. Once you’ve been redirected to the Friend Request tab, you can view and choose to accept or decline pending requests. 

   

To check if you are adding the correct friend, tap on the requester’s icon to view the requester’s User Profile.  

Joining Servers

You can either press directly on an invite link from your friend to automatically join the server, or you can manually enter an invite link through the Join Server menu.

Joining a Server Directly  Manually Entering a Server Invite Link

1. To manually enter an invite link that you’ve received, start by tapping the green plus sign button in the left side bar. 

2. You’ll then see the option to create or join a server. Select the Join a Server button and then manually input the invite link or the last string of the link that you’ve received. 

3. Once you fill out the appropriate invite link, you can tap the Join Server button.  

4. Afterwards, you will need to accept the invitation to confirm that you’re joining the correct server.

Creating DMs and Group Chats

If you’d like to have a smaller group chat outside of the server you can create a group chat. 

1. To start, tap Messages in the bottom row and select the New Message icon.

2. Then, you’ll be able to select New Group and select your friends you’d like to add into the group chat.

   

You can select up to 10 friends to join within a group direct message. 

3. Once you’ve selected the friends you’d like to add, tap Create in the upper right corner. This will redirect you to the new group message you have just created.

 

How to Start a Voice Call

1. In order to call a friend and start a voice call with them, you first want to tap the Chat Bubble [] in the top left corner of the Discord mobile app.

2. Tap on your friend’s avatar icon at the top of the Direct Message list or in the DM you share with them. 

3. Tap on Phone Call icon [] at the top-right of the DM to start a Voice Call.

4. To end the call, tap on the End Call icon [] in the bottom-right corner when in the Voice Call screen.

How to Answer a Voice Call

1. If a friend is calling you and you want to answer, you can tap on the check mark or on the Phone Call icon [].

2. To end the call, tap on the End Call icon [] in the bottom-right corner when in the Voice Call screen.

How to use Speaker Phone while in a Voice Call

There are 2 ways to enable speaker phone while in a voice call: 

Option 1

1. Tap on the speaker icon [] in the top-right corner while in a call to enable speaker mode.

Option 2

1. While in a call, swipe up from the bottom screen to display all available call audio options. Tap on Change Audio Output.

2. Tap on Speaker to enable speaker phone.

Expressing Yourself

Now that you’re connected with your friends in servers and DMs, you can now start chatting away through text, emojis, photos and more! 

Sending Photos and Files

Want to stay in chat and directly send a photo without opening your camera app? 

1. You can send a photo on the fly to your friends by tapping the Add File () icon in the bottom left corner. 

2. This will let you view your photos within your photo gallery or select the Camera button.

3. If you would like to directly take a photo, select the Camera button to open the Camera app within Discord. Then, you will be able to take a photo. 

4. Once you have taken or chosen the photo, you will be able to send a message along with the photo to your friends.

Sending Gifs

You’ll also be able to send gifs directly into chat by using the GIF Picker! 

1. To send a gif, tap the emoji icon located to the right of the message bar. This icon resembles a smiley face. 

2. Once you have tapped the emoji icon, the Emoji, GIFs, and Stickers selection menu will appear. 

3. Select the GIFs tab to view and choose various gifs to send to your friends. If you’d like to search for a specific gif, you can type within the Search Tenor bar to populate more choices. 

Adding Emojis

You can directly send emojis through chat by pressing on that Emoji icon in the message bar! 

You’ll be able to see your most frequently used emojis, or directly search for the exact emoji you’re looking for in the emoji search bar! 

Adding Reactions

Not only are you able to send emojis within messages, but you can also choose an emoji to react to posted messages. 

1. To add a reaction on the mobile app, long press the message you’d like to react to. This will allow a new menu to appear. 

2. From this menu, you can choose one of your frequently used emojis as a reaction, or you can directly search for a specific emoji to use as a reaction by pressing on the Reactions icon.  

3. If another person has already reacted to the message, you can tap on their reaction to add to the reaction counter or you press on the emoji icon to select another emoji you’d like to add. 

     

Nitro members can also add Super Reactions to add a little more hype, emotion, and intensity to your reaction! You can learn more about Super Reactions here. 

And you've made it! 

Hopefully this guide helped you to understand the basics of getting started on Discord mobile! For other useful guides to learn more about Discord, check out these articles below.

If you run into any issues or have any questions, feel free to contact our support team here.

 

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