What this article covers:
What is Activity Sharing on Discord?
When you engage in certain detectable activities (like playing a game or listening to music), Discord can display information about those activities. This includes when and how you engaged, as well as information about the activity. Some examples of the types of activity we show:
- Detectable games you’re playing on a computer
- Games you’re playing on Xbox or PlayStation
- Spotify
- Crunchyroll
- 1st and 3rd party Activities on Discord
- And more!
Games and activities that support Rich Presence will show even more cool stuff about what’s happening in the activity.
And some activities from other services like Spotify or Crunchyroll require you to connect your account to Discord. You can learn more about these through our connections article here.
Game activity notifications are currently an experiment on the desktop app. To turn off these notifications, go to User Settings > Notifications and adjust your Game Activity Notifications settings. To stop sharing your game activities entirely, update your Activity Privacy settings instead. Learn more details on managing your activity settings here.
Example of Game Activity Notification
How to View Activity
Activity can be seen in multiple places within the Discord app.
Within User Profiles
When viewing your User Profile, you will be able to see your Recent Activity history within the last 30 days.
On Global Activity Cards
You can also view activity cards by checking a user’s profile on mobile or in the Friends List on desktop. These cards display the recent activity of friends and people you interact with in your servers.
Note: Activity Cards may appear in the server’s Members List during the Recent Activity experiment. You can learn more about this Members List Recent Activity experiment here.
As a Status Message
While in a server, the activity status may appear as a status in the Members list depending on your settings.
How do I control who sees my activity?
Important: Users in regions with regional restrictions may have different settings to ensure an age-appropriate experience. They may also need to complete age assurance before sharing their activity. Please refer to the article below that corresponds to your region for further details.
By default in most regions, your current and recent activity can be viewed by your friends or other users who are in the same server as you. You can control this in a few ways.
Global Settings
In your global settings, you can control whether detectable games or applications that support rich presence are shown to others, regardless of whether they’re friends or not.
1. Tap on cogwheel [] next to your Discord username to access your User Settings.
2. Then, select Activity Privacy where you will find your Activity settings.
3. Here you can enable or disable your activity status by toggling the following settings.
First, decide whether you’d like to share your activity with others:
- Share my activity - This toggle controls whether or not others on Discord can see your activity sharing.
When sharing your activity, decide which servers you share your activity with in the Servers I share with section:
- Automatically share my activity when joining a server - This toggle determines if your activity is visible by default in new servers that you join.
- My Servers - Further customize your activity sharing by enabling or disabling your activity sharing on a per server basis.
If your activity sharing is enabled in a server, you’ll see a check mark [] next to its name. If disabled, you’ll see an [
] instead.
Per-server Control
If you want to control which servers can see your recent activity, you can disable or enable settings per server.
1. Navigate to the server where you would like to enable or disable the Activity Status settings.
2. Right-click the server’s name or select the dropdown menu.
3. Then, select Privacy Settings. This will give you the option to toggle the Activity Status setting.
- Members of a disabled server will still be able to see your activity if they’re also friends with you or if they share another server with you where your activity is allowed.
- Although the Activity Status may be turned off for a specific server, you’ll still see the status on your end unless you have it fully disabled.
Connections Settings
For any connected accounts that support sharing recent activity or rich presence, you’ll see a toggle to share your activity with others in the Connections menu located within your User Settings > Connections.
You can enable or disable each individual connection.
Game Detection
You can enable or disable individual games from being displayed as activity in the Registered Games menu located within your User Settings > under Activity Settings. Activity will be shared as long as the global setting is also on.
Recent Activity History
While viewing your User Profile, you can also clear your Game History to clear it from your activity history.
1. Select your User Profile in the lower-left corner of the app to view your User Status menu.
2. Select your profile avatar to view your full profile.
3. While here, press Activity within the profile categories.
4. This will bring you to your activity history where you can select the ellipsis [] to the right of the activity and press Clear Game History.
5. Within Clear Game History press the Clear button in the lower-right corner to remove the activity from your history.
Who Can Join My Games
If you are sharing your activity and playing a game that supports rich presence, friends and other server members who are in the same voice channel as you can join the same game you’re playing. You have two options that you can enable: