How to Enable Community on Discord

Is this your situation?

The short answer

Before you start

• A rules channel exists Enabling Community requires a clearly posted server rules channel for members.Verify: Check that a rules channel is visible to members.
• A moderator updates channel exists Enabling Community requires a Community Updates/Moderators Channel for Discord's announcements.Verify: Check that a moderators-only channel is set aside.
• Verification Level is understood Verification Level requires members to have a verified email before sending messages or DMing anyone.Verify: Check your planned Verification Level setting.
• You accept the guidelines All servers with Community enabled must comply with Discord's Community Guidelines.Verify: Review the Community Guidelines before confirming setup.

How Discord handles this

• Enabling Community requires certain safety settings to be enabled on the server.
• The verified email requirement for sending messages or DMing does not apply to users who have been assigned roles.
• A server owner or admin can disable Community settings at any time after enabling them, and re-enable them later.
• Server administrators will no longer be able to edit the Welcome Screen if their Community server still has it enabled.

Step by step

1. Open the server menu Select the server name in the upper left corner to open a drop down menu.Confirm: Check that the drop down menu opens.
2. Open Server Settings Press Server Settings.Confirm: Check that the Server Settings menu opens.
3. Find Enable Community Scroll down in Server Settings and select Enable Community in the left side bar.Confirm: Check the left side bar for the Enable Community option.
4. Begin setup Press the Get Started button to begin setting up the Community Server.Confirm: Check that the setup flow opens.
5. Set rules channel Enabling Community requires a clearly posted server rules channel for members.Confirm: Check that a rules channel is selected in setup.
6. Set moderators channel Confirm or choose the Community Updates/Moderators Channel for Discord's announcements.Confirm: Check that a moderators channel is selected in setup.
7. Confirm guidelines agreement Confirm agreement with the Community Server Guidelines and Community Guidelines.Confirm: Check for the Finish Setup confirmation.
8. Review Overview settings Customize settings anytime in Server Settings under the Overview tab in the Community header.Confirm: Check the Overview tab for your saved settings.
9. Set the Primary Language In the Overview tab, change the server's Primary Language.Confirm: Check the Overview tab for the Primary Language field.

Before you change who is in control

• No rules or moderators channel set Enabling Community requires both a rules channel and a Community Updates/Moderators Channel.Why it happens: Setup is started before these channels are created.Already happened: If control has already changed hands — Recover a Nuked Discord Server
• Welcome Screen can no longer be edited Server administrators will no longer be able to edit the Welcome Screen if it stays enabled.Why it happens: Discord recommends Community Onboarding instead of Welcome Screen.
• Guidelines not accepted All servers with Community enabled must comply with Discord's Community Guidelines.Why it happens: Setup cannot finish until this agreement is confirmed.
• Discoverability expectations are wrong Discovery is currently limited to servers with more than 1000 members and Partnered & Verified servers.Why it happens: Admins expect Community to make a server discoverable right away.

Roles at a glance

Keeping track of who has access