Age guide
What age is Discord ok for?
Discord’s minimum age is 13. Its risk comes from servers and DMs that can connect your child with strangers, so it suits older teens — and from 13 only with direct messages limited and Family Center linked.
Minimum age
Discord’s stated minimum age is 13.
Local rules to check
- Platform minimums are a baseline. Local privacy or online-safety law can still require parental consent or a higher access age.
- EU/UK digital-consent thresholds vary by country: UK and Portugal 13; Italy and Spain 14; France 15; Germany 16.
- United States: COPPA rules apply under 13, and state social-media laws may add stricter account rules.
- Discord publishes higher local minimums in several countries; for SafeSocials locales, Spain and Italy are 14+, France is 15+, Germany is 16+, and Portugal/UK use the 13+ baseline.
Why age matters here
- Minimum age is 13 — below that, the app isn’t designed for a child that age.
- Shared servers can place your child in contact with strangers outside their friend list.
- Discord has no public-account model; exposure comes from servers and direct messages.
If they do use Discord — set these
- Limit who can send direct messages to existing contacts only.
- Link the platform's family-pairing / supervision tool to a parent account.
- Disable livestreaming for the account.
- Turn off account suggestions and find-by-phone/email so strangers can't discover the account.
- Enable restricted mode or the sensitive-content filter.
- Remove full name, school, age and identifiable photos from the public profile.
- Set daily screen-time or usage limits.
- Turn off activity status and read receipts.
Check your child’s actual setup
Run the free scanner for a setup score on Discord and the exact settings to change.