Have you ever had someone stalk and harass you on your server? Today we will help you to show how to preemptively ban someone from discord. So if you are facing harassment, this article is for you.
How to preemptively ban someone on discord?
It's easy to kick or ban someone from your Discord server if you're a server admin. You need to know that kicking a user is not permanent, it is a short term ban, the ban is permanent. If a user is spamming a lot , you may want to ban that user.
1. On your server, find the user.
2. Right-click their name and click Ban.
3. Select an option under Delete Message History. If you don't care about the message, you can skip it and click Suppress.
How to ban someone who is not on your server?
I saw someone had this question: Can I block users who are not on my server? I understand that you want to ban certain users to prevent them from joining your server. Well, Discord's answer in 2018 is no.
However, now there is a way to pre-emptively ban people who are not on your server.
1. Open your Discord, click the User Settings button at the bottom of the Discord screen.
2. Click Appearance and scroll down to find Developer Mode. Make sure the mode is enabled.
3. Go to a channel where this user can be seen.
4. Right-click the username and click Copy ID.
5. Go back to the server where you have server administrator rights. You can build a private server to do this.
6. Type in <@USERID> and you'll see it change to your user ID immediately.
7. Press Enter, then right-click the username and click Ban.
8. Select an option under Delete Message History. If you don't care about the message, you can skip it and click Suppress.
I hope this tutorial will help you to learn how to preemptively ban someone on discord. Inevitably, users will try to evade bans and IP bans. But you can try to secure them with maximum security in all your servers, and you can also report users who get around bans to Discord's trust and safety team.
