How to Lock a Discord Channel on Android

Last Updated: December 7, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to lock a Discord channel on your Android by editing the server's roles and permissions. You must have admin permissions on the server to lock a channel.

Part 1

Part 1 of 2:

Adding a New Admin Role to the Channel

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Open Discord. It’s the light blue icon with a white game controller inside. You’ll typically find it in the app drawer or on your home screen.
- If you’re not signed in to your account, sign in now.
- You’ll only be able to lock a channel if you have administrative control over the server it's on.
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Tap ☰. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.

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Tap the server that hosts the channel. Servers are represented by round icons along the left side of the screen.
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Tap ⁝. It’s at the top of the screen next to the server’s name.
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Tap Server Settings.
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Scroll down and tap Roles. It’s under the “User management” header. Now you’ll create a new role to assign to the server. This role will be for people who will still be able to use and see the channel (such as yourself). This is required for locking a channel.
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Tap +. It’s at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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Tap the blank under “ROLE NAME.”
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Scroll down and select permissions for the new role. Tapping each permission’s name adds a check mark the right of its name. You’ll probably want to tap every green check mark in the list.
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Tap the back button until you see the Server Settings screen.
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Scroll down and tap Channels. Now you’ll add the new role to the channel.
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Tap ⁝ to the right of the channel you want to lock.
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Scroll down and tap Permissions.
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Tap Add a Role.
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Tap the role you just created.
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Scroll down and select permissions for this role in the channel. Be sure to tap the green check mark next to each permission in the list.
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Tap the disk icon. It’s in a light blue circle at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This saves the permissions.
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Tap the back button until you return to the Channel Settings screen. Now that this role has full permissions, you can block the rest of the users from the channel.

Part 2

Part 2 of 2:

Restricting the Channel

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Tap Add a Role. Now you’ll block all of the members of the server from being able to see the contents of the channel.
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Tap @everyone.
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Tap the red X next to every permission in the list. Make sure all of the X’s are selected.
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Tap the disk icon. It’s at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This saves the permissions. The channel is now locked to everyone on the server.
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Tap the back button until you return to the Channel Settings menu.
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Scroll down and tap Members. It’s under the “User Management” header.
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Tap ⁝ next to a member you want to be able to access the channel. This is someone who will be able to see the channel no matter what.
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Select the admin role you created. This is the role you created for which you enabled every single available permission. Now this person can retain control over the channel, even though nobody else can use it.
- You must do this for all server members who will need permission to use the channel, including yourself.