Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 69/100)
Discord forces binding arbitration and class action waivers on U.S. and Canadian users, while retaining a broad, sublicensable license to user content.
Forced arbitration, class waiver, and broad content license. Easy cancellation.
ARBITRATION MEANS THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. ... YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU AND DISCORD ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
You are giving up your constitutional right to have a jury decide your legal disputes with the company.
by using our services, you grant us a license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and perform your content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of providing, developing, and improving our services... This license is worldwide, non-exclusive... sublicensable, and transferable.
You grant Discord a very broad license to your content that they can pass on to other companies.
we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and/or your access to some or all of our services with or without notice, at our discretion for any reason
Discord can ban you or delete your account whenever they want, for any reason, without telling you first.
You agree that we may disclose your content to third parties outside of the services when we believe we’re required to do so by law
Discord reserves the right to hand over your private messages or content to third parties or law enforcement.
You’re free to stop using Discord’s services at any time and for any reason. To terminate this agreement, you may delete your Discord account through the Settings page in the Discord app
You can easily delete your account and stop using the service at any time.
If these changes materially affect your Discord use or your legal rights, we’ll give you reasonable advance notice (unless the updates are urgent).
Discord promises to notify you before making significant changes to the terms.
Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.