How To Disable @everyone In Discord

Are you aware that Discord can accommodate up to 250,000 members on a single server? However, a server owner can ask for a limit increase to expand their community even more.

Those are some huge numbers. So, how do server owners, mods, and admins handle so many users? How does one contact millions of users at the same time?

Well, that can easily be achieved with Discord’s built-in feature to ping every single server member with the @everyone command.

However, this directive can be misused, so you need to ensure only designated individuals have access to it, or you can deactivate it entirely.

Here’s a guide to help you do exactly that!

How To Disable @everyone For All Users

First, we’ll give you a short guide to disabling this command for every user on your server. Later, we’ll talk about how you can isolate which people can or cannot use @everyone.

Here goes: Here you have.

1. Start Discord.
2. Open your server and then click on the server name (top-left.)
3. Select Server Settings.
   
4. Head to the Roles tab and click on Default Permissions.
   
5. Here, you’ll need to select the “@everyone” role and then scroll through the list of permissions until you find “Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles.
6. Untick this option.

That’s it! From now on, anyone that doesn’t have administrator rights on your server will not be able to use the @everyone command. Keep in mind that this will also prevent users from using @here and @mention in all roles. But they’re practically the same thing, so it shouldn’t be an issue.

How To Enable @everyone For Select Users

If you wish this option to be available to a select few in your Discord server, you’ll need to add a new role.

Do the following:

1. In the same settings menu (Roles), click on the blue Create Role button.
   
2. Give this new role a name, select a color (required) and then head over to the Permissions tab. We recommend keeping the “Display role members separately from online members” off.
   
3. Again, scroll down until you spot the @everyone command option and enable it.

With the position established, let’s assign it to the appropriate individuals, but first, save modifications.

Once you’re back to your server, open the member list, find the right user, right-click their name, go to Roles and then select the newly-created role.

Now, every user with this role will still be able to use the @everyone command. Whenever you want to take away this privilege, just remove the role.

How To Disable @everyone On Discord Mobile

If you don’t have access to your PC at the moment and you want to do this through your phone, good news, you can!

It should be pretty painless, too; just follow these steps:

1. Open Discord on your phone.
2. Go to your server and click on the three dots right next to the server name.
3. In the newly expanded window, select “Settings.”
   
4. Scroll down and select the Roles menu.
5. Now look for the @everyone role and open it.
   
6. Similarly to the desktop version, this will open various settings like role name, color, and permissions. You’ll have to scroll down a bit until you find “Mention @everyone, @here, and All roles.”
   
7. Make sure to check it and save the changes!

That’s it! If you want to give access to the @everyone command to certain users, just head back to roles and hit the blue + button.

From then on, you can follow the desktop guide we shared above.

Final Words

With the help of this guide, we’re confident you’ll be able to get rid of the @everyone command on Discord, no matter if you’re on PC or mobile.