How to Appear Offline on Discord

Since Discord is a social platform for gamers, being invisible on Discord appears to be a contradiction. However, if you're prepping for a raid, performing guild support activities, or focusing on crafting or levelling, there may be times when you need some peace and quiet without logging off of your chat server. That is when the ability to appear invisible comes into play. Continue reading to find out how to go offline in Discord.

Why do you need to be 'Invisible'?

Although it just takes a second to log out of Discord, you may miss some important updates from friends, requests for assistance, or intriguing chat. If you want to stay signed in without alerting everyone that you're playing DnD, select the 'Invisible' option instead.

If you're familiar with Discord, you'll know that the coloured dots next to a user's avatar show their activity. The green symbol indicates that you are online, the yellow symbol indicates that you are idle, the red symbol indicates that you are not online, and the grey symbol indicates that you are not online. If you use the Invisible status to hide your identity, you will appear Offline.

The Invisible setting, a significant Discord feature, allows you to play games or accomplish various jobs without being interrupted while being in the loop with chats and updates.

Discord Status

Channel users have four online statuses: online, idle, do not disturb, and invisible. When your status says 'Online,' other users know you're available for communication. You're online, interacting, and participating. 'Idle' is activated when you are AFK (away from the keyboard) for a period of time determined by your server administrator.

DnD (Do Not Disturb) displays a red circle when other users try to chat with you. DnD is a manual setting, so you're online but not ready to communicate. Another state that hides you from the sight of channel users while keeping you logged in is invisible.

The first two statuses are server-controlled. However, you can set 'Idle' manually if you like. Both 'Do Not Disturb' and 'Invisible' are user-activated functions.

To make yourself invisible in Discord, click your avatar in the lower left-hand corner of the app and pick 'Invisible' from the popup window. It will remain active until you check out of Discord or manually change your status.

After you've set yourself to 'Invisible,' you'll be able to continue playing games and other necessary duties without being bothered. In contrast to the different ways offered, no one will be aware that your status has been set to invisible.

Keep reading for a detailed guide on how to appear offline on Discord!

Invisible Status Per Server

Aside from the fact that invisible is unnoticeable among friends and acquaintances, you can select which servers you want to be hidden on.

For example, suppose you are arranging a raid or a significant gaming event with one group. In that case, you can designate your status as online for that status and invisible for others.

This will let you communicate openly with individuals with whom you are playing, uninhibited by others. Some folks have devoted groups of friends with whom they often play. Setting your status to 'Invisible' protects your sentiments and discourages nasty interactions.

Custom Status

Setting a custom status for your online status in the Discord app is another amazing feature. This allows you to use whatever message you like as your visible status message.

Assuming you're doing something incredibly cool, you can label this status anything you like to let friends and connections know what you're up to and why you're not communicating in conversations.

The 'Clear After' option lets you specify how long you want this notification to appear. Setting a custom status from 4 hours to indefinitely is another approach to describe your present activity easily.

Continue to read for a detailed guide on how to go offline in Discord!

Can you detect whether someone on Discord is invisible?

Can you detect whether you have invisible users or a particular user hidden if you're a server admin or even another user? The answer is no to both queries. For everyone, an invisible user is exactly that. Even the server administrator cannot determine whether or not there are any invisible users on the server at any one time.

This can be a problem if you manage a Discord server and want to know the peak and low times using numbers or if you're preparing an event or raid. So far, most administrators have worked around it by shouting out or DMing. Messages, both vocal and direct, will be sent to invisible users.

Can you mask the game you're playing?

There is a setting in Discord called 'Display presently running game as a status message.' It doesn't detect every game you play, but it can detect many of them, whether or not they use Discord. It may be feasible to disable this setting at times. Here's how to appear offline on Discord:

1. In the lower-left corner of your Discord screen, click the small cog Settings symbol.

2. Choose Games Activity from the left-hand menu.

3. Turn it off. As a status message, show the presently running game.

This can be disabled in any case because not all servers or devices are configured or capable of using it. In any case, if you want a little more privacy, this is how to achieve it.

Friend Sync Administration

Finally, if you use Discord's Friend Sync feature, you will receive notifications when your friends use Steam, Skype, or Battle.net. You may disable this setting if you don’t wish to use it. The quality is entirely secure and employs adequate protection to safeguard your data, but it is a theoretical flaw in an otherwise secure system.

To disable Friend Sync:

1. Log in to Discord and navigate to User Settings.

2. Choose Connections.

3. To turn it off, select Disconnect Sync.

4. Toggle the Display Username option off.

There are no security concerns to using sync, but it is one setting you may want to modify if you want to maximize privacy.

FAQs

1. When I'm invisible, what can other users see?

There are numerous dots next to your avatar that indicate whether or not you are online. When you set your status to invisible, people will see the same dot as online. An essential grey dot will accompany your name.

2. What is the distinction between Do Not Disturb and Invisible mode?

The Do Not Disturb setting informs other users that you are online but prefer not to be bothered. Other players on the Discord Chat will not be able to see you online if you have the Invisible status.