# Discord is about to put your messages on Google, and in the US it's switched on unless you turn it off. From Preston (@quickfinesse): https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-10-28-discord Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@quickfinesse/video/7701794473730198814, posted October 28, 2026 ## What I'd like help with I watched this video and want to try it. Walk me through it one step at a time, and check the official links below before giving exact commands, since they change. ## In plain English Discord is about to put your messages on Google, and in the US it's switched on unless you turn it off. Are you turning it off? ## What was used - Discord's announcement (Site): https://discord.com/blog/making-content-from-discoverable-servers-easier-to-discover ## Credits Screens: Discord's own blog images and settings screens. Sources: Discord's announcement and help center, Android Authority, Kotaku and gHacks. The full guide for this video is on the page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-10-28-discord # Discord is putting your messages on Google > From Preston (@quickfinesse) > From mid-December, messages in Discord's big public servers can show up in Google. In the US it's on unless you switch it off, and in Europe and five other countries it stays off unless you opt in. Here's what shows, what doesn't and where the switch is. > Page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-10-28-discord > Updated: October 28, 2026, 4:00 PM ET ## What I'd like help with I watched this video and want to try it. Walk me through it one step at a time, and check the official links below before giving exact commands, since they change. ## The short version Starting in mid-December, messages from public channels in Discoverable servers can appear on Discord's new Server Web Pages and in search results like Google. Discoverable servers are the big public ones, with at least 1,000 members, at least eight weeks old and listed in Server Discovery, so anyone can join without an invite. Discord says there are more than 63,000 of them. Where you live decides the default. In the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea the setting is off, and Discord says that's because of legal restrictions there. Everywhere else, including the US, it's on unless you turn it off. Your DMs, group DMs and private servers aren't part of this, and teen accounts are left out completely. If you don't want your messages on Google: - Switch off "Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages" in User Settings, under Data and Privacy. - Do it on a computer or in the browser. The Android app doesn't have the switch yet, and the choice carries over to your phone. - One switch covers every Discoverable server you're in. ## On or off where you live - **US and most countries** (pick: On): Your messages in Discoverable channels can show up on the web unless you switch the setting off. - **EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Korea** (pick: Opt in): The setting starts off because of legal restrictions in these places. Nothing shows unless you turn it on. - **Teen accounts** (pick: Never): Left out completely, and they can't turn it on until they're adults. ## When it happens - Oct 27 Today: The switch is already there. You can turn it off today, before anything goes live. - Nov 16 Starts: Server Web Pages. Every Discoverable server gets its own web page, with automated summaries of what people talk about in the channels its admins pick. - Mid-Dec Starts: Messages in search. Messages from public channels, where the server's admins allow it, can appear on those pages and in search results. Anything sent before then stays out, whatever your setting. ## What shows, and what's one step away Discord says usernames and avatars won't be shown next to messages on Server Web Pages. The words themselves can appear as you wrote them. The server those words came from is public, and anyone can join it without an invite. Inside, Discord's own search indexes every message back to the first one in each channel, and every message sits next to the name of whoever sent it. So a message found on Google is a join and a search away from your name. Turning the switch off covers messages you send after that. Messages you sent while it was on stay up unless you delete them, and Android Authority notes search engines may keep cached copies after Discord removes something. Discord's reason for all this is that answers people need, like the best build for a game's character, are stuck inside Discord where search engines can't reach them. Read Discord's announcement: https://discord.com/blog/making-content-from-discoverable-servers-easier-to-discover ## How to turn it off 1. Open User Settings. Click the gear next to your name at the bottom left. 2. Go to Data and Privacy. It's in the list on the left, under your account settings. 3. Switch off the Discoverable setting. Find "Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages" and turn it off. It covers every Discoverable server you're in. https://discord.com/blog/making-content-from-discoverable-servers-easier-to-discover 4. If you run a server. Open Server Settings and go to Web Presence. You can pick which channels take part in Channel Messages and Channel Summaries, or turn them all off. https://discord.com/blog/making-content-from-discoverable-servers-easier-to-discover ## Posts and coverage - **gHacks** (oct 28): The dates, the 1,000-member rule and where the switch is. https://www.ghacks.net/2026/10/28/discord-will-make-messages-in-discoverable-servers-searchable-on-google-starting-in-december/ - **Android Authority** (oct 27): Step-by-step opt-out, the Android app gap and the regional defaults. https://www.androidauthority.com/discord-messages-google-search-opt-out-3728857/ - **Kotaku** (oct 27): Which servers it covers and Discord's game-question example. https://kotaku.com/some-discord-server-messages-are-about-to-show-up-in-web-search-results-2000750261 - **Discord's announcement** (oct 27): The full post, with the dates, defaults and admin controls. https://discord.com/blog/making-content-from-discoverable-servers-easier-to-discover