How To Make A Channel Read Only In Discord

How to make a Channel Read Only in Discord

There are three steps you have to do to make Discord Channel Read-only. They are- Now, let us see how to do each of them.

1] Create a Channel

First of all, you have to create a channel or make sure that you are the administrator of the channel that you are trying to make read-only. To create a channel, just click on the add button ‘+’ placed in front of TEXT-CHANNEL, then give it a name,  and click Create Channel.

2] Forbid everyone from writing

After creating the channel, it is time to make meaningful adjustments to it. So, click on the Gear button placed next to the channel name.

Now, go Permissions, and there will be @everyone bellow ROLES/MEMBERS. This means that the adjustments you are going to make will be applicable to all the members of this channel.

Scroll down to TEXT CHANNEL PERMISSIONS, and turn off Send Messages and Send Messages in Threads by clicking on their respective red cross buttons.

3] Allow only admins to write

To allow admin, you need to have an account with administrative privileges. If you don’t have an admin account, follow the given steps to create one. After creating Admin in the server, you need to add that role to the channel.

To do that open Channel’s Settings, go to the Permissions tab, click on the ‘+’ button placed next to ROLES/MEMBERS. Now, go to TEXT PERMISSIONS > Send messages and click on the green tick option to enable this option.

Why does it say Channel is read-only on Discord?

If a Discord says a channel is Read-only then this means that the creator or admin of that Discord has restricted normal users from sending messages on the channel. You can ask the admin to revoke this setting or add you as an admin.

Can you lock a Channel in Discord?

You can easily lock a channel in Discord, follow the given steps to do the same. That’s how you can lock a channel in Discord.

How do I make Discord channel Private?

While creating the channel, you can use the toggle to enable PRIVATE-CHANNEL. If you have already created a public channel, just go to the channel’s settings, and from the Permissions tab, enable Private Channel. After doing that, you can click on the Save Changes button and you will be good to go. That’s it! Read Next: How to use Slow Mode on Discord? Best Discord Servers to make friends for you to join Best Discord Servers to make friends for you to join