Discord says that from mid-December 2026, some messages sent in public channels of its Discoverable Servers can show up in web search, according to Discord's announcement from Kelsey Duncombe-Smith. Server admins and members can opt out now.

Who is affected

Only Discoverable Servers, the ones listed in Server Discovery. Discord says they need at least 1,000 members, an age of at least eight weeks, and to meet activity and safety requirements, and that there are more than 63,000 of them. Private servers, DMs, group DMs and regular Community servers are not included.

What changes and when

  • From Nov. 16, 2026: every Discoverable Server gets a Server Web Page. If admins do not set one up, Discord builds a default page from the Server Profile. Pages can show automated Channel Summaries of active public-channel conversations, without usernames or avatars. Admins can curate the summaries or turn them off.
  • From mid-December 2026, rolling out over several weeks: Channel Messages. Some messages from public channels, meaning ones everyone in the server can see, can show on Server Web Pages and in web search, in their own words, without usernames or avatars.
  • Only new messages: messages sent before the rollout are not included. A pilot with the NBA 2K, Rust and Dead by Daylight servers used only posts by admins and moderators.

What to do: opt out

If you run a Discoverable Server: go to Server Settings, then Web Presence. You can choose which channels are included or opt all of them out. It is available now. If you change nothing, your public channels stay on.

If you are a member: go to User Settings, then Data and Privacy. One switch covers Channel Messages in every Discoverable Server, and it is available now. Discord says channels where content may appear on the web will be labelled.

Turning the switch off stops future messages from appearing. Messages sent while it was on stay up unless you delete them from Discord. Channel Summaries are generated separately and still appear unless admins turn them off.

The default depends on where you live

In the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea the member setting is off by default. Users in the teen age group are excluded entirely. Everywhere else it is on unless you turn it off.

What Discord's post does not say

The post says "web search" and does not name a search engine. We have not seen a statement from any search company about indexing these pages.

Related

For another platform's rules for younger users, see Greece's social media ban for children under 15. For another case of shared chat content turning up where people did not expect it, see Meta pausing Muse chat sharing after links appeared in DNS records. More is in AI & Apps.