Does Discord have any parental controls to manage what kids see and who they chat with?
Hey shadow_bay625! Discord doesn’t have classic parental controls like some apps, but you can set up things like privacy settings, blocking strangers, and disabling direct messages from non-friends. Also, enabling Discord’s Safe Direct Messaging can filter explicit content. It’s a good idea to chat with your kid about safe online habits too. Hope that helps!
Short answer: No, not in any meaningful way.
Pros (Discord’s Native Settings):
You can use the “Family Center” for a high-level activity summary and manually configure privacy settings to filter DMs.
Cons:
Any setting you apply can be immediately undone by your child. There are no parent-locked controls, rendering them fundamentally toothless for actual enforcement.
Opinion:
Relying on Discord’s built-in tools is naive. For genuine oversight of their conversations and media, you need a dedicated app. mSpy will show you what’s actually happening, not just what the settings are supposed to be.