To turn off notifications from a Discord server on your iPhone, open the server in the Discord app, tap the server name, tap the Notifications (bell) icon, turn on muting, and pick how long it lasts from the Mute this Server list. You stay in the server and can still read every channel; you just stop getting alerts from it.
These steps are for the current Discord app from the App Store on iPhone with iOS 26, and they work the same way on iPad. The labels were checked against Discord’s Notifications Settings 101 and Mobile Notifications Settings 101 help articles in October 2026.
Pick the Right Option
Discord gives you several ways to quiet a server, and they are not the same. Use this table to choose:
| What you want | Use this | Where |
|---|---|---|
| A quiet break from one server, for minutes or for good | Mute the server | Server name > Notifications icon |
| Only alerts when someone mentions you | Only @mentions level | Server Notification Settings |
| No alerts from the server at all, including @everyone | Nothing plus the suppress switches | Server Notification Settings |
| One noisy channel quiet, the rest normal | Channel notification setting | Long-press the channel |
| No Discord alerts on the phone at all, DMs included | Turn off Allow Notifications | iPhone Settings app |
How to Mute a Discord Server on iPhone
- Open the Discord app and tap the server’s icon in the server list on the left to open it.
- Tap the server’s name at the top of the channel list. A menu with the server’s options slides up.
- Tap the Notifications icon (the bell). The server’s notification menu opens.
- Turn on the mute option. A list of mute lengths appears.
- Under Mute this Server, choose how long to mute it: 15 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 8 hours, 24 hours, or Until I turn it back on.
The server stops sending you alerts for the time you chose, and Discord also turns off its mobile push notifications while it is muted. A timed mute ends on its own. To end it early, go back to the same menu and turn muting off.
What muting doesn’t stop
Discord’s help article says you still receive @everyone mentions from a muted server. Busy servers use @everyone for announcements, so if your phone keeps buzzing after you mute, that’s usually why. Use the steps in the next section to block those too.
Muting also has no effect on direct messages, friend requests, or reactions to your own messages. Those come from your account, not from the server.
Turn Off Every Notification from a Server
If you want a server completely silent, change its notification level to Nothing and turn on the suppress switches. This setting stays in place until you change it, unlike a timed mute.
- Tap the server name, then tap the Notifications icon.
- Tap Server Notification Settings.
- Under the notification level, choose Nothing. No messages from the server will trigger a notification on your device.
- Turn on Suppress @everyone and @here to block server-wide pings.
- Turn on Suppress All Role @mentions to block pings sent to a role you have, such as @members or @gamers.
- Turn off Mobile Push Notifications to make sure nothing from this server reaches your phone.
What the other switches do
- Suppress Highlights stops Highlights, Discord’s emails about popular messages and activity in your servers. Highlights work separately from your other settings, so you can still get them with notifications set to Nothing unless the server is muted.
- Mute New Events stops alerts when the server schedules a new event.
- Mobile Push Notifications controls whether this server’s alerts are pushed to your phone at all. Leave it on if you want alerts on your computer but not your iPhone, and turn it off if you never want this server’s alerts on the phone.
Get Alerts Only When Someone Mentions You
A full mute can cause you to miss a friend asking you a question. Only @mentions is a good middle ground for active servers.
- Tap the server name, then the Notifications icon.
- Tap Server Notification Settings.
- Choose Only @mentions.
With this level, Discord notifies you only when someone tags you by name or tags @everyone, @here, or one of your roles. Turn on Suppress @everyone and @here as well if you only want alerts when you personally are tagged. Choose All Messages to go back to an alert for every message.
Turn Off Notifications for One Channel
Many servers have one channel that never stops, such as a general chat or a bot channel. You can quiet that channel alone.
- Open the server and press and hold the channel name until a menu appears.
- Tap Notification Settings.
- Choose a level for this channel: all messages, mentions only, or nothing. You can also mute the channel, which silences everything from it, including @mentions.
Discord calls this a notification override. It applies even when the server-wide setting is different, so you can set the server to All Messages and still keep one channel quiet, or set the server to Nothing and get alerts from one announcements channel you care about. You can review all of a server’s overrides under Server Notification Settings > Notification Overrides.
Turn Off All Discord Notifications on Your iPhone
To stop every Discord alert on this phone, including direct messages, use the iPhone’s own settings. Discord’s app has no single switch for this on iOS.
- Open the iPhone Settings app.
- Tap Notifications.
- Scroll to the list of apps and tap Discord.
- Turn off Allow Notifications. The switch turns gray, and the rest of the options disappear.
Discord can’t show banners, play sounds, or put alerts on your Lock Screen until you turn the switch back on. Messages still arrive in the app, so open it to check them. You can also reach the same screen from Settings > Apps > Discord > Notifications.
If you only want less noise, leave Allow Notifications on and change these instead:
- Sounds: turn it off to keep alerts but stop the tone.
- Badges: turn it off to remove the red number on the Discord icon.
- Show Previews: choose When Unlocked or Never so message text doesn’t appear on your Lock Screen.
- Alerts: choose whether alerts appear on the Lock Screen, in Notification Center, or as Banners.
The same Sounds switch quiets other apps too, for example when turning off ESPN Fantasy notification sounds.
For more ways to quiet apps, read silencing notifications on iPhone.
Mute Discord for an hour from a notification
When a Discord alert is already on your Lock Screen or in Notification Center, swipe left on it and tap Options. Apple’s notification help explains that you can mute the app for an hour or for the rest of the day from there. That’s handy during a meeting, because you don’t have to change any Discord settings.
Silence Discord with a Focus
A Focus, such as Do Not Disturb or Sleep, is an iPhone mode that silences notifications while it is on. In Settings > Focus, pick a Focus, tap Apps, and add Discord to the apps you want silenced. This works well for regular quiet hours, such as overnight, because a Focus can turn on by schedule.
Discord’s In-App Notification Settings
Discord also has account-wide settings inside the app. Tap your profile picture at the bottom of the screen, tap the Settings (gear) icon, and then tap Notifications under App Settings. Here you can:
- Turn In-app notification off to stop pop-up alerts while you’re using Discord.
- Turn System notification off to stop Discord’s alerts outside the app.
- Set Reaction Notifications to All Messages, Only Direct Messages, or Never to control alerts when people react to your messages.
These settings apply to your whole account, not to one server.
How to Check It Worked and Undo It
A muted server is easy to spot in the server menu: tap the server name and then the Notifications icon, and the mute option shows as on. Under Server Notification Settings, the selected level is marked.
To get alerts back:
- Unmute: tap the server name, tap Notifications, and turn muting off.
- Change the level: in Server Notification Settings, choose All Messages or Only @mentions, and turn the suppress switches off.
- Channel: long-press the channel, tap Notification Settings, and pick a level again.
- iPhone: go to Settings > Notifications > Discord and turn Allow Notifications back on.
When a Muted Server Still Alerts You
I muted the server but still get alerts from it
Check three things. First, @everyone mentions get through a mute, so turn on Suppress @everyone and @here. Second, a channel override set to all messages or mentions can still send alerts, so check Notification Overrides. Third, make sure the alert is really from that server and not a direct message or a reaction, which follow your account settings.
I can’t find the Notifications icon
Tap the server’s name at the top of the channel list, not a channel’s name. If the menu still looks different, update Discord from the App Store, because Discord changes its mobile layout from time to time.
Now I get no Discord notifications at all
You don’t get push notifications while the app is open and in focus on your phone, so close the app to test. Then check that Allow Notifications is on for Discord in iPhone Settings and that no Focus is active. A “notifications silenced” message on your iPhone has its own fix: clearing the notifications silenced status.
Discord Notification Questions
Does muting a server tell the other members?
No. Muting is one of your own notification settings, and nothing suggests the server or its members get any message about it. You stay in the server and can read and post as usual.
Will I still see new messages in a muted server?
Yes. Messages keep arriving in the channels. You only stop getting alerts about them, so open the server whenever you want to catch up.
Will I still get direct messages from people in a muted server?
Yes. Direct messages aren’t part of any server, so muting a server doesn’t affect them. To stop DM alerts too, turn off Discord in iPhone Settings > Notifications.
What’s the difference between muting and leaving a server?
Muting keeps you in the server with its alerts off. Leaving removes the server from your list, and you usually need a new invite to rejoin. If you might want to come back, mute instead.
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