There are times when blocking someone on Discord just seems downright harsh. Plus, when you block someone, they’ll know that you’ve done so, which might lead to unwanted drama. Perhaps you simply want to ignore that they exist. You can go on with your merry life, and they can do their own thing. No hard feelings. Well, Discord has now added a feature appropriately called Ignore, so you can do just that.
What does it mean to Ignore someone on Discord?
Ignore is basically a mute feature. It lets you mute someone who’s annoying or downright abusive. All without the added drama that comes with outright blocking someone. You can even use it to take a temporary break from someone, since they won’t know when you’ve ignored them. Ignored users will still be able to see your profile, and they can still send you messages, it’s just that you’ll remain blissfully unaware of these interactions unless you choose to peak at them.
When an ignored user send a message in group chats, DMs, or anywhere across the server, their messages will be hidden by default, but you’ll have an option to view them using the Show button. You also won’t get notifications about their activity.
And when you visit the profile of someone you’ve ignored, you’ll see a full-screen page reminding you that you’re supposed to be ignoring this person. But, of course, you can view their profile if you must.
The Ignore feature carries on to voice chat as well. You’ll receive a warning telling you when you’re about to join a voice chat with an ignored user. Here, too, you can ignore the warning if you’d like, but you will be able to hear the ignored user—there’s no mute function in voice calls.
How to Ignore a user in Discord
There are two main ways you can Ignore a user. You can do so from the person’s profile, or right from your Direct Messages if you’ve already got a conversation going with them.
Visit their profile, or click their name in a group chat, then click the three-dotted Menu icon, and click the Ignore button.
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From the popup, click the Ignore button to confirm.
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To do this from a Direct Message with the user you want to ignore, right-click on the profile name and choose the Ignore option.
At first, you’ll still see their name in your Direct Messages list, though. Right-click and choose the Close DM feature to remove them from the list. You can always access their DMs or profile again but going to the Friends > All section.
You can also easily reverse ignoring someone. Go back to their profile and click the Unignore button next to the You ignored them notice.
