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Discord to Make Eligible Public Server Messages Searchable in December

Discord will make eligible public server messages searchable in December, with opt-out tools for users and admins.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-28 17:42

According to the report, Discord said the search indexing will cover Discoverable Servers that have been active for at least eight weeks, have at least 1,000 members and are listed in its Server Discovery directory. Starting November 16, each such server will get a public Server Web Page that can include AI-generated summaries of conversations in selected public channels. From mid-December, individual messages from participating channels may appear word for word on those pages and in Google search results.

Discord said the feature will not expose private messages, group direct messages, private servers or restricted channels. Published messages will not include usernames or avatars, according to the report, and messages sent before the December rollout will not be included.

Users can opt out before the change takes effect, but the controls require desktop or web access. Android Authority reported that users can open Discord on desktop or in a browser, go to User Settings, then Data & Privacy, and turn off “Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages.” The setting applies across all Discoverable Servers a user belongs to. Discord does not currently offer the control directly in its Android app, but a preference changed on desktop or the web carries over to mobile, the report said.

Server administrators have separate controls under Server Settings, Community and Web Presence. They can turn off Channel Messages and Channel Summaries or choose which public channels can contribute content, according to the report. These settings also apply only on desktop and web.

The controls have limits. Turning off a personal setting protects only messages sent afterward; messages posted while sharing was enabled may still appear online unless they are deleted. Switching off a server's publishing features does not necessarily remove material already published, and search engines may retain cached copies after Discord removes the original content, Android Authority reported.

Most regions, including the United States, enable the feature by default for eligible adult users, according to the report. Users in the EU/EEA, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea must opt in, while teen accounts are excluded entirely. Android Authority also reported that some Reddit users said the preference switch appeared on after they initially found it disabled, though those reports had not been independently verified.