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How to Block Ads on Discord (Mostly) | Lifehacker

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/04/09

Since about a week, Discord started showing ads. I am pretty sure the default setting is against GDPR regulations.

Lifehacker indicated how to disable them. I added numbered steps for readability:

How to turn off Discord ads

Discord doesn’t make it super clear, but there is a way to disable these in-game rewards advertisements, as well as the tracking that goes along with them. To start,

  1. open Discord,
  2. then head to Settings > Privacy & Safety.
  3. Here, disable the toggle next to In-game rewards (aka Quests).

[Wayback/Archive] How to Block Ads on Discord (Mostly) | Lifehacker

Screenshots (sorry for the dark mode):

  1. Default

    [Wayback/Archive] 320826747-f928450d-0574-46bb-9542-6947746ea90c.png (834×105)

  2. No-Ads

    [Wayback/Archive] 320826874-e80e01ba-18db-4002-b830-33713c99f520.png (838×98)

Text:

In-game rewards (aka Quests)

Use information about how you use Discord such as what games you play to tell you about Quests or other in- game reward opportunities. Learn more about it here.

The support link points to [Wayback/Archive] Data Privacy Controls – Discord.

Query: [Wayback/Archive] disable discord ads – Google Search

--jeroen

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