{
  "slug": "discord",
  "name": "Discord",
  "maker": "Discord",
  "category": "chats",
  "verdict": "p",
  "answer": "Partly. Since March 2026, only you and the people on the call can hear Discord voice and video calls. Discord can read your text messages, in DMs, group DMs and servers alike.",
  "title": "Is Discord encrypted? DMs, servers and calls",
  "description": "Discord voice and video calls are end-to-end encrypted by default since March 2026. Text messages are not: Discord can read them. Checked at the source.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "msg",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Discord can read it",
      "note": "Discord says it has no current plans to bring end-to-end encryption to text messages.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        4
      ],
      "label": "Messages"
    },
    {
      "key": "grp",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Discord can read it",
      "note": "Group DMs and server channels are not sealed either, as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        4
      ],
      "label": "Group chats"
    },
    {
      "key": "call",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you and the people on the call",
      "note": "Since early March 2026, calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels and Go Live streams are sealed by default; Stage channels are not.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Calls"
    },
    {
      "key": "bak",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Discord can read it",
      "note": "Your whole message history is stored on Discord's servers, encrypted but not end-to-end; there's no separate sealed backup.",
      "sources": [
        4
      ],
      "label": "Backups"
    },
    {
      "key": "pq",
      "status": "x",
      "words": "Not yet",
      "note": "No post-quantum protection announced as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        3
      ],
      "label": "Post-quantum"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Discord holds the keys to your text messages; for calls, only the devices on the call have them.",
  "can_see": "All your text messages and files, plus who joins each call, when and for how long.",
  "business": null,
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": null,
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "are-discord-dms-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "q": "Are Discord DMs end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "No. Discord's privacy policy says messages are encrypted on the way and on its servers [4], but that isn't end-to-end, so Discord can still read them. In May 2026 it said it has no current plans to bring end-to-end encryption to text messages, because many of its features were built on text not being sealed [1].\n\nDiscord's privacy policy says it stores the messages you send, and scans attachments and other content for illegal or harmful activity [4]."
    },
    {
      "id": "are-discord-calls-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "q": "Are Discord calls end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "Yes, since early March 2026. Every voice and video call in DMs, group DMs, voice channels and Go Live streams is sealed by default, with nothing to turn on [1]. Discord's protocol, called DAVE, is open source and was audited by the security firm Trail of Bits [1].\n\nStage channels, which are built for broadcasting to big audiences, are the one exception [1][2]. Discord says it is removing the old code that let calls fall back to unsealed connections [1]."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-discord-see-my-calls",
      "q": "Can Discord see who I call?",
      "a": "Yes. DAVE seals what you say and show, not the fact that a call happened: Discord can still see who joined, when and for how long [3]. Discord's privacy policy says it generally doesn't store the contents of calls, and that you can check in the app that a call is encrypted [4]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Every Voice and Video Call on Discord Is Now End-to-End Encrypted (18 May 2026)",
      "publisher": "Discord",
      "url": "https://discord.com/blog/every-voice-and-video-call-on-discord-is-now-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bringing DAVE to All Discord Platforms",
      "publisher": "Discord",
      "url": "https://discord.com/blog/bringing-dave-to-all-discord-platforms",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "DAVE Protocol Whitepaper",
      "publisher": "Discord",
      "url": "https://github.com/discord/dave-protocol/blob/main/protocol.md",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Discord Privacy Policy (last updated 29 August 2025)",
      "publisher": "Discord",
      "url": "https://discord.com/privacy",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "telegram",
    "signal",
    "whatsapp",
    "messenger"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/discord/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}