# Discord Harassment Report: Message or Profile, What Happens > Being harassed or threatened on Discord? See how to report a message or a user profile, what Discord says happens next and what else you can switch on. - URL: https://www.awarexone.com/research/discord-report-harassment-message-user-profile-what-happens - Author: Md Shariar Shanaz Shuvon, Founder & CEO, AwareXone - Published: 2026-10-27 - Topics: Discord, Harassment, Reporting - Related service: social media problem solutions: https://www.awarexone.com/all-types-of-social-media-problem-solutions ## Short answer On Discord, hold or right-click the message and choose Report Message, or use the three dot menu on the profile and choose Report User Profile. Discord says your identity is not shared with the reported account. Its Digital Services Act section aims to review harassment within a week, but not every report finds a violation. ## Summary - On Discord you report a message by right-clicking or holding it, and you report a person through the three dot menu on their profile. - Discord says your identity is not shared with the account you reported, even if the report is appealed. - In its Digital Services Act section, Discord aims to review lower harm reports such as harassment within a week, but says times can fluctuate. - Discord's policy bans false or malicious reports, multiple reports about the same issue, and asking a group of users to report the same content. - A rushed step, such as replying in anger or filing repeat reports, can make things worse, so know what you are doing before you start. Someone on Discord keeps sending you nasty messages, threatens you in a server, or has a profile that targets you. You want to report it, but you are not sure whether to report the message or the person, what Discord does with the report, or whether the other user will find out it was you. This guide follows Discord's own safety pages. It covers the two main ways to report, what Discord says happens after you submit, and the controls you can switch on while you wait. We cannot promise that Discord will act on any report, and the pages we read describe no way to make it do so. A rushed step, such as replying in anger or filing the same report again and again, can make things worse, so know what you are doing before you start. Last checked: 27 October 2026. ## What Does Discord Treat as Bullying, Harassment or Threats? Discord's [Bullying, Harassment, and Threats Policy Explainer](https://discord.com/safety/bullying-harassment-threats-policy-explainer) page says bullying and harassment are defined as intentional actions meant to cause distress or intimidate individuals. It says Discord has a strict policy against any form of threats towards others, including threats of physical attacks, emotional suffering, reputational damage and any hostile actions intended to cause pain, loss or injury. The page gives examples of what users may not post, share or engage in: threatening to physically harm another individual or group of people, threatening to hack another individual's account, network or system, threatening to reveal another individual's personally identifiable information, and threatening to reveal another individual's private sexual content. It also says Discord may escalate threats to law enforcement if it believes it is required to prevent immediate harm. The page says all Discord users can report policy violations, and points to the reporting instructions. ## Which Report Should You Use? | What you want to report | Where Discord says to start | What to keep in mind | | --- | --- | --- | | A single message | Select the message, hold on mobile or right-click on desktop, then choose Report Message | Pick the violation type, then the specific policy on the next screen. You can click back and change your first answer | | A person's profile | Click the three dot menu on the profile and choose Report User Profile | You can pick the specific parts of the profile you are reporting, and more than one at the same time | | An application | Use the separate Reporting Applications to Discord page | The main page points to it instead of covering it | | Illegal content, for EU users | The EU Digital Services Act route linked on the reporting page | Discord says a message URL is required, and EU users go through a verification process | ## How to Report a Message Discord's [reporting page](https://discord.com/safety/360044103651-reporting-abusive-behavior-to-discord), which Discord says was last updated on 22 January 2026, gives the steps. Select the message you wish to report. On mobile, hold down on the message, and on desktop, right-click. Select Report Message, then select the type of violation of Discord's policies that you are seeing. The next screen lets you identify the specific policy violation. The page says you can always click back and change your first answer, so you can choose the best fitting category. ## How to Report a User Profile For a profile, the same page says to click the three dot menu on the User Profile you wish to report and select Report User Profile. You then select the specific elements of the profile you are reporting, and the page says you can report multiple aspects of a profile at once. Next you select the type of policy violation, and the following screen lets you specify the specific violation, with the same option to go back and change your first answer. ## Who Else Can Help Inside a Server? The reporting page says that if the violation happened in a server, you can also reach out to the server's moderators, who may be able to respond immediately and help resolve your concerns. It also reminds you that you can always ignore or block any users you want to limit interaction with. ## What Happens After You Report? The reporting page has a section titled What Happens After I Submit a Report. It is written around Digital Services Act reports, and it says Discord sends a system DM or email to say it has received the report. It says reports are processed based on priority, using a combination of automated and human-powered review, and that Discord may also tell you about safety features that could help you address the potential harm more quickly. The page then gives review aims, which we pass on as Discord states them, not as a promise: - High harm reports, such as child safety, extremism or imminent harm, are prioritised, and Discord aims to review them within 24 to 48 hours. - Lower harm reports, such as harassment, hate speech or cybercrime misinformation, are aimed to be reviewed within a week. - Complex investigations, such as coordinated abuse, multiple violations or appeals, may take days to weeks, depending on complexity and the need for thorough investigation. The page adds that review times may fluctuate due to process changes, volume surges, technical issues and backlogs. It also says that while not every report identifies a violation of Discord's policies, reports help Discord improve its safety practices, and that Discord will let you know if it identified a violation based on your report. ## Will the Other Person Know It Was You? The page says that when you submit a report, your identity is not shared with the account you reported, and that this is true even if the report is appealed. It says Discord never intentionally discloses the identity of a reporter unless it is legally required to do so, and gives examples such as valid legal process requiring Discord to provide the identity of a reporter, and requests to remove content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. A harassment report does not fall under that copyright example, but the page does not promise anonymity in every possible case, so we do not either. ## The Rule on False and Repeat Reports The reporting page has a note that it is against Discord's policies to mislead its support teams. It says not to make false or malicious reports to its Trust and Safety or other customer support teams, not to send multiple reports about the same issue, and not to ask a group of users to report the same content or issue. This matters when you are upset and want to see action. Filing the same report ten times, or asking your friends to pile on, goes against the page and could put your own account at risk. File once, keep your record, and use the controls below while you wait. ## Block, Ignore and Limit Who Can Message You Discord's [Blocking & Privacy Settings](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/217916488-Blocking-Privacy-Settings) page describes the tools. To block someone, open their profile from the Members list, press the ellipsis and choose Block, then confirm. The page says you can also block from your Friends List or within a DM on desktop, and by opening their profile on mobile. It says a blocked user's profile details are not visible by default, that viewing a blocked profile does not notify the person and keeps them blocked, and that if you join or return to a shared group chat you see an alert about the blocked user's presence. If you choose to leave, it will not inform the blocked user or any other group members. The same page says that by default anyone in a shared server can send you a direct message. To block DMs from non-friends in your servers, go to User Settings, then Content and Social, and in the Social permissions section toggle off Direct messages. You will then be asked whether to apply the change to all your existing servers. It also says you can adjust settings for each server separately, and it lists friend request settings, where you can choose Everyone, Friends of Friends or Server Members, or deselect all three. Discord's [Message Requests](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/7924992471191-Message-Requests) page says that if you are in the teen age group, or are unconfirmed, messages from people you are not friends with go to a separate message requests inbox. It says adult users can turn Message Requests off, and that a user who has them on may still see messages from non-friends routed to the inbox unless the sender shares a mutual friend or a small server with them. The page says you can preview a request, but images and files are not visible and links show as plain text that cannot be selected. It also says the spam folder cannot be disabled at this time. The [Safer Messaging on Discord](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000068672-Safer-Messaging-on-Discord) page adds filters. Under User Settings and Content and Social, you can send messages that may contain spam into a separate spam inbox, and sensitive media filters can blur media Discord detects as potentially sensitive. By default the direct message filter is set to filter messages from non-friends, and you can choose to filter all direct messages or turn the filters off. ## What to Do If There Is a Threat The reporting page says that if a credible threat of violence has been made and you or someone else is in immediate danger, or if someone is considering self-harm and is in immediate danger, you should contact your local law enforcement agency. The Policy Explainer page says that if you or another user is in danger, Discord encourages you to contact law enforcement immediately, regardless of how much information you have or are able to provide. Both pages list support services. We do not repeat contact numbers here, because they depend on where you live, so read the numbers for your own country on the pages. For a threat that does not put anyone in immediate danger, keep screenshots of the messages with dates and usernames before you report or block. See our guide on [collecting evidence before reporting harassment](https://www.awarexone.com/research/collect-evidence-before-reporting-harassment). If you decide to make a police report in Malaysia, our guide on [making a police report for online harassment](https://www.awarexone.com/research/police-report-online-harassment-malaysia) explains what to bring. Our Discord impersonation guide, [Discord account impersonating you](https://www.awarexone.com/research/discord-account-impersonating-me), covers a different problem, where someone pretends to be you. ## What the Pages Do Not Say The pages we read do not say what action Discord takes for each kind of violation, or how Discord weighs a case. They do not say whether you will be told the exact action taken beyond saying you will be told if a violation was identified. The review times sit in a section written around Digital Services Act reports, so the pages do not say whether the same aims apply in every region. They also do not describe an appeal for a report you filed that found no violation. We do not know your outcome and will not guess. ## When It Is Safer to Get Expert Help Some people handle a Discord report alone, and the official route stays first. The risks are plain. Sending repeat reports, asking a group to report, or making a claim you cannot support goes against Discord's own policy. Replying in anger can give the other person something to report in return. Sharing your login with a stranger who offers to get the person banned is a serious risk. And a threat can turn into something that needs the police, not a platform report. If the harassment is serious, targets your family or business, or has spread across several platforms, handing the case to an experienced team such as AwareXone is the safer choice. We can help you organise your evidence, choose the right official route and avoid mistakes that make things harder. See our [social media problem solutions](https://www.awarexone.com/all-types-of-social-media-problem-solutions) page, and use the Apply for Case Review button at the end of this guide. ## When a Case Review Makes Sense If the abuse continues after reports, or comes from several accounts, a review can help you plan. SocialSafe by AwareXone is a Malaysia-based service, independent of Discord, that helps you use the official routes. We never ask for your password or login codes, and we cannot make Discord act. See how we work on our [trust page](https://www.awarexone.com/trust). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do I report a message on Discord? Hold down on the message on mobile or right-click it on desktop, choose Report Message, then pick the type of violation and the specific policy on the next screen. ### How do I report a user profile on Discord? Click the three dot menu on the profile and choose Report User Profile, then select the parts of the profile you are reporting and the policy violation. ### Will the person I report know it was me? Discord's page says your identity is not shared with the reported account, even if the report is appealed, except where it is legally required to disclose it. ### How long does Discord take to review a harassment report? In its section on Digital Services Act reports, Discord states an aim of within a week for lower harm reports such as harassment, but says review times can fluctuate and complex cases can take days to weeks. ### Can I report the same problem several times? Discord's page says not to send multiple reports about the same issue or ask a group of users to report the same content, so file once. ### What can I do while I wait? You can block the user, ignore them, turn off direct messages from non-friends in your servers, and ask the server's moderators for help. ## Official sources - [Official: How to Report Abusive Behavior To Discord (read 27 October 2026)](https://discord.com/safety/360044103651-reporting-abusive-behavior-to-discord) - [Official: Bullying, Harassment, and Threats Policy Explainer | Discord (read 27 October 2026)](https://discord.com/safety/bullying-harassment-threats-policy-explainer) - [Official: Blocking & Privacy Settings - Discord (read 27 October 2026)](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/217916488-Blocking-Privacy-Settings) - [Official: Message Requests - Discord (read 27 October 2026)](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/7924992471191-Message-Requests) - [Official: Safer Messaging on Discord - Discord (read 27 October 2026)](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000068672-Safer-Messaging-on-Discord) --- AwareXone is an independent Malaysia-based provider, not affiliated with any platform. 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