Discord is great for connecting with friends and engaging with like-minded gaming and professional communities but that doesn’t mean every message you send is suitable for everyone.
So, when you’re active on a server like Discord, where you discuss on TV shows, the latest movies, new video games, or some happening or trigger content, it’s important to use “Spoiler Tags” to initially hide certain messages!
But, do you know “how to create spoiler tags” to keep your community happy?
If not, then luckily, you are at the right place. So, let’s read here everything you need to know about “Spoiler Tags” as a part of Discord server.
Discord not only lets you decorate your messages with emoji, GIFs, and images, but also enables you to add all kinds of Markdown formatting features to messages including bold, italics, code formatting, and spoiler tags. This is to achieve a more unique effect and change the way viewers and readers see the content you publish.
However, in the previous post, we have already discussed how to format Discord text using Markdown formatting features except for spoiler tags. So, let’s just focus on the spoiler tag here.
What is a Spoiler Tag on Discord?
For years now, social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit have been spoiler hotbeds, and it seems, Discord is no exception. But, to counteract the detrimental effects of spoilers, in Discord, spoiler tags are utilized to label a text comment or part of a message or attachment as spoilers.
When applied, these tags cover Discord content with a grey/black box or spoiler warning that others on the server can click to reveal it.
Why Should You Use a Spoiler Tag on Discord?
While there can be many reasons for using spoiler tags on Discord, the most important one is that you can use the spoiler tag on Discord to hide images, text comments, links, GIFs, and emoji that contain spoilers for other server members.
Basically, if you think what you’re writing might be a spoiler for someone, you can use spoiler tags to be kind, considerate, and generous to them. After that, it will be their individual choice whether they want to ignore it or see the content or attachment marked as spoiler.
In addition, spoiler tags can also be used to alert others that you are going to share information about something that someone may not be prepared to see or that might inadvertently offend someone.
Where Can Apply Spoiler Tags Formatting to Your Discord Messages?
If you wonder where you can use spoiler tag formatting to your Discord messages then, know that you can do so not just in Discord’s browser version but also in the mobile Discord app for Android, iPhone, or iPad as well as in the desktop Discord app for Windows, Linux, or Mac.
How to Do a Spoiler Tag on Discord?
Fortunately, the Discord developers have made it really simple to add spoiler tags that block any content the author chooses to input. But not just one, there are a few different ways to add spoiler tags to Discord.
Therefore, in this section we will show you—
- How to Use Spoiler Tags to Hide Messages and Images on Discord?
- How to Mark Text or Image as Spoiler on Discord?
- How to Spoiler in Discord on your Computer?
- How to Use Spoiler Tags on Text in the Discord App?
- How to Use Spoiler Tags on an Image in the Discord App?
- How to Make a Spoiler Text or Image in Discord?
However, before getting into it, make sure you’re signed in to Discord and ready to create a message. If you’re not, you’ll probably want to join a seamless community or create a private server for testing spoiler tags to get a feel for how they work!
Now, once you are ready, out of the methods mentioned below, you can go for the easiest one for yourself.
Note: We have demonstrated the procedure below in the Discord Windows application, but if you prefer, you can use the spoiler tag in the same way on your Discord web, and Mac OS.
How To Use Spoiler Tags on Messages/Text in Discord (Desktop)?
If you, like most people, use the desktop version of Discord, then follow this particular set of instructions to use Spoiler tags on messages/text in Discord—
- Step 1: To initiate, you need to ‘Type your Message’ into the Discord chat box as you normally would.
- Step 2: Then, what you need to do is ‘Double-click the Text’ in the chat box to highlight the particular part of the text message that you want to cover as a spoiler. While not necessarily a part, it can also be the entire message.
Note: You can easily double-click the text using your mouse, but if you’re using a mobile, you’ll need to long-press your finger to highlight either the part or the entire message.
- Step 3: Once you’re done highlighting, a small menu will pop up over the highlighted text with several ‘Formatting tools.’
- Step 4: On the right side of that menu, you’ll see a square with an ‘Eye icon’ inside. Here, you’ll find the “Spoiler button.”
- Step 5: Now that the ‘Spoiler button’ is in front of you, you simply need to select it to mark the message as a spoiler.
Now, Discord will automatically add two bars at the front and back of the message, making the format like this—||<your text here>|| so that the text you highlight will be blocked until someone clicks on it.
Alternatively, the manual option to add spoiler tags to your Discord text messages is using Markdown code. The plus point of using Markdown syntax to add spoiler tags is that your fingers never have to leave the keyboard. So, considering that, here is how to add a spoiler tag to a message/text—
- Step 1: Type two vertical bars ‘||’ using the “Shift + BackSlash key” before your text to start adding your spoilers.
- Step 2: Then, you have to type your ‘Text’ and note that there is no need to add any space between the bar and the text.
- Step 3: After you finish writing your message, type two vertical bars ‘||’ again at the end of your text.
- Step 4: Lastly, just hit ‘Enter’ on your keyboard to send the message with a spoiler tag.
These vertical bars will ensure that your message is hidden within the spoiler tag and also that users cannot see the content behind the spoiler tag until they click it.
So, those who want to keep spoilers a secret can just avoid clicking on the spoiler phrase.
Tip: This may be a better option to use on a Discord mobile app, where there is a possibility that fingers may make mistakes.
How To Use Spoiler Tags on Images, Videos, and Links in Discord (Desktop)?
Along with text messages, you also have the option to mark images / videos/ links as spoilers in the desktop version of Discord. So, in order to use Spoiler tags on images, videos and links, follow these steps—
- Step 1: First of all, click on the ‘+’ plus icon, which is present at the left side of the chat bar.
- Step 2: Then, select an ‘Image /Video /Link’ you would like to send.
- Step 3: Once you’re done selecting, ‘Post’ the same into the message field on Discord. For doing so, you can either upload them from your computer or simply copy and paste it from the internet.
Note: Here, we’ve selected an image from the system to upload as an attachment on the server.
- Step 4: In addition to this, note that Discord also permits you to add any ‘Comment’ and mark the uploaded attachment as ‘Spoiler.’
- Step 5: Next, you’ve to click on the ‘Eye icon’ that appears at the top-right corner of the image/video/link preview in the message box.
- Step 6: After that, you will see ‘Three button’ options above your image. They are;
- The eye-shaped Spoiler Attachment,
- The pen-shaped Modify Attachment, and
- The trash can-shaped Remove Attachment.
- Step 7: Of them, you just need to click on ‘Spoiler Attachment’ to mark your content as a spoiler.
Now, Discord will mark your image/video/link as a spoiler and they will look blurry and have a “Spoiler” tag.
And, similar to text messages, in this case too, Discord users can click to view the image/video/link marked as spoiler. However, just be careful as you may see something you are not prepared to know.
How To Use Spoiler Tags on Messages/Text in Discord (Mobile: Android | iOS)?
If you are one of those other people who prefer to use Discord in mobile version, then to spoiler text on Discord (Android | iOS) mobile, you can follow these given steps—
- Step 1: Open any Discord channel and locate the ‘|’ symbol in your phone’s keyboard.
- Step 2: Then, place two vertical bars ‘||’ at the beginning and start typing your ‘Message.’
- Step 3: After that, you’ve to again place two vertical bars ‘||’ at the end of the message.
Note: If you’re on iOS, you can long-press the text in the textbox and select the ‘Mark as spoiler’ option. Alternatively, you can use the command ‘/spoiler’ and type the message.
- Step 4: Once you’ve done that, press the ‘Send’ button to finally send the spoiler text message.
Here, note that your text will not be viewable unless a Discord server member presses on your comment.
How To Use Spoiler Tags on Images, Videos, and Links in Discord (Mobile: Android |iOS)?
You just need to simply follow these steps to add spoiler tags to images/ videos/ links on Discord (Android | iOS) mobile—
- Step 1: First, open Discord on your mobile device.
- Step 2: Then, head to the ‘Discord Channel’ where you want to send the image.
- Step 3: Then, you’ve to tap on the ‘+ icon’ in the bottom left corner to open your gallery.
- Step 4: From your phone’s gallery, choose the ‘image/video’ you want to upload as a spoiler on Discord and simply select it.
- Step 5: Now, make sure not to press the ‘Paper airplane’ button after selecting the image/video from the gallery. Instead, tap the ‘Darkened space’ above the gallery after selecting your image/video.
- Step 6: As you do so, you should see your image/video appear in a bar above the area you type. From there, all you have to do is tap on it.
- Step 7: Upon tapping your image/video, a small checkmark will appear below the image that says ‘Mark as spoiler.’
- Step 8: Now, you need to tap the ‘Mark as spoiler’ option from the checkbox to add a spoiler tag to the image/video.
Note: iOS users can simply long press the ‘image /video/link’ and tap ‘Mark as spoiler.’
- Step 9: Lastly, just send your photo/video and it will not be viewable unless the viewing party actually presses on it.
Note: You can also pick the image/video from Discord’s file picker and tap anywhere on the image to open a pop-up menu for selecting ‘Mark as Spoiler’ option.
How to Always Show Spoiler Content on Discord?
In this section we will focus on how to always show spoiler content on Discord because there are people who get tired of clicking on Discord spoiler messages all the time.
So, if you’re one of them, know that Discord, fortunately, offers a way to always view spoiler messages by default. Wonder how? Well, here’s explained how to read spoiler messages by default on Discord—
Note: This feature is only available on the desktop version of Discord for now, so do not waste your time trying to find it on mobile.
- Step 1: You first have to open Discord.
- Step 2: Then, click on the ‘Settings gear icon’ which is located at the bottom-left corner of the screen.
- Step 3: Inside settings, you need to scroll down until you find the ‘Text & Images’ section in the left sidebar.
- Step 4: After you locate it, just click on it.
- Step 5: Now, just select “Always” under ‘Show spoiler content’ and you’re all set.
Your spoiler content will now be displayed by default when browsing Discord channels or DMs.
How to Control | Disable Spoiler Tags?
Last but not least, let’s mention that both users and Admins have the power to control spoilers to some extent. So, if you prefer to not use spoiler tags on Discord, follow the below-steps to disable spoilers.
- Step 1: On Discord, tap on the ‘Settings cog’ which is right next to your username in the lower-left corner.
- Step 2: Then, you have to click on ‘Text & Images’ in the menu that appears on the left side of the setting screen.
- Step 3: After that, just scroll to the bottom of this page to reveal the ‘Spoiler tag options.’
- Step 4: Now, you can select one of the three options from the menu under ‘Show spoiler content.’ But, for better understanding, here’s what each option does;
- On Click – This option hides all the spoilers in each channel for you. In fact, it hides even the ones you don’t moderate.
- On servers I moderate – This option will remove spoiler tags on your servers that are your own or moderator.
- Always – This option will disable spoiler tags for your account and you’ll never see the spoiler tag.
So, as you can see, it’s quite easy to “control” or (to be specific) “disable” spoiler tags if they’re something that bothers you.
Bottom Line
That’s all. Hope you understand enough about Discord spoilers now because in this write-up, we have not only shared how you can use spoiler tags on Discord, but also provided the process to hide text messages and attachments using spoiler tags.
There can be many situations in the Discord community discussion where you want to hide something so that’s when you need this guide on the spoiler tag, its function and use!
FAQs
Ans: Yes absolutely. It is very much possible to mark text as a spoiler on Discord. To create a spoiler text, you can place two verticals ‘||’ bar before and after the text you want to mark as spoiler.
Ans: If you wonder ‘how you can mark an image as a spoiler’ on the mobile version of Discord, know that you can easily do so before sending it. For that, you’ll need to long-press the image and select the “Mark as spoiler” option from the pop-up that appears to send spoiler images to the Discord mobile app.
Ans: While you can’t mark a GIF as spoiler and send it directly from the GIF picker, you can certainly edit the GIF message, add the URL between “||” to mark the GIF as a spoiler and send it.
Ans: The answer to this question is no. You cannot disable spoiler tags for other users, instead you can only disable spoilers for your account. Not just you, even admins and moderators cannot disable spoilers for others. In regard to this, note that you only have the option to disable spoilers on the browser version of Discord or the desktop app.
Ans: Well, yes you can add spoiler tags to hyperlinks. If you are sharing a link to the end of your favourite TV show/movie or let suppose a cut scene of your favourite game, you can follow the instructions given above to mark the image/video/link as spoiler.
Ans: Yes. Discord allows you to control how you view spoilers, depending on your preferences and this can save a lot of time. In order to skip spoilers, you need to—
- Step 1: Head to ‘User settings.’
- Step 2: From settings, select ‘Text and images’ option given on the left-side menu.
- Step 3: After that, look for the ‘Show spoiler content’ section. There, you’ll have a few different options, (such as “On services, I moderate and Always”) depending on how you prefer to view spoilers.
Here, note that these options for controlling and skipping spoilers are limited to Discord’s web and desktop clients as of now.