Recover a Self-Deleted or Disabled Discord Account

Is this your situation?

Do this first

Which situation is yours?

• Disabled account, want it back: log in and follow the prompt.
• Deleted account, inside 15 days: select Restore Account.
• Deleted account, past 15 days: deletion is already final.
• Forgot the password: reset it before restoring.
• Account banned or actioned on, now deleted: restoration is not available.
• Deletion started through Support: follow up with Support to cancel it.

How Discord handles this

• Disabling an account puts it on hold instead of permanently deleting it.
• Once the 15-day pending deletion period ends, the account is deleted from Discord's system and this is irreversible.
• Logging into a Discord account pending deletion notifies the user that the account is pending deletion.
• An account deleted because it was banned, disabled, or actioned on cannot be restored.
• If the account was deleted through Support, cancelling that deletion also requires contacting Support.

Which recovery path is yours?

1. Did you disable the account, not delete it? A user restores a disabled account by selecting Restore Account, which makes the account active again.
2. Did you delete the account and it has been under 15 days? To stop the deletion of a Discord account, the user selects Restore Account.
3. Has it been more than 15 days since deletion? Once the 15-day pending deletion period has passed, the account has been deleted from the system and cannot be restored.
4. Can you not remember the password for the account? If a user cannot remember the password for an account they initiated for deletion, they must reset the account's password to restore it.
5. Was the account deleted because of a ban or other action by Discord? A user whose account was deleted due to being banned, disabled, or actioned on may submit an appeal to Discord's Trust & Safety team.

What not to do

• Waiting past the 15-day window Once the 15-day pending deletion period has passed, the account has been deleted and cannot be restored.Why it happens: You lose track of how many days have passed since confirming deletion.
• Assuming Support can extend the window Discord's Support Team is unable to speed up the 15-day account deletion process.Why it happens: You expect a request to Support to buy more time.
• Expecting restoration after a ban-related deletion An account deleted because it was banned, disabled, or actioned on by Discord cannot be restored.Why it happens: You assume every deletion follows the same restore process.Already happened: Submit an appeal to Discord's Trust & Safety team.

What to have ready

• Check how much time has passed The account deletion process has 15 days to be completed. Count days since confirming deletion.
• Have your login email ready Check you still have access to that address. Confirm you can access that email.
• Have your password ready Check whether you still remember it. Try logging in with it first.
• Reset the password if forgotten Reset the password to restore the account. Use the password reset flow first.
• Check whether the account was banned A deleted account cannot be restored if banned or actioned on. Check for a ban notice.

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