Discord Spoiler Tags: Everything You Need To Know!

Discord allows you to run communities and drive conversations. It’s a great place to look for potential like-minded people to have conversations with, play games, exchange messages, images, videos and so much more. However, much like every social media interaction, not every message or image you share on Discord is intended to be shown to everyone. That is where the Discord spoiler tags come in handy.

As the name suggests, Discord spoiler tags are used to hide messages. Before sending your message if you think your text or image contains some sensitive information or in general, “spoilers” that should not be leaked without intimation, you can label it as a spoiler. Discord ensures that once shared, your attachment stays hidden. Not until someone taps the spoilered image or text will they be able to see or read the content.

Discord Spoiler Tags: How To Use Them Effectively? | PC

 

Discord – after their first major update of 2022 has changed the way one can create spoiler image attachments on the platform. While the process of creating a spoiler text remains the same, sending images with a spoiler tag is a little different now.

Step 1. Head over to the Discord server of your choice

Run Discord on your computer if you haven’t already.

Guide your way to the Discord server you wish to send spoiler attachments to.

Step 2. Find the channel you wish to send spoiler text/image to

Every Discord server contains some text and voice channels.

Open the text channel where you want to send your spoiler text/image.

Step 3. Click the Plus icon next to the text field

 

 

Once you have decided on the text channel where you want to share your spoiler text, it’s now time to upload your image and create a spoiler label for it.

Look for this plus icon next to the text field on the channel.

Note: you can send images containing spoiler tags only if you see this icon.

if you don’t see it, it’s mainly because the server owner has disabled the Attach Files permissions for the role you carry.

Step 4. Tap the Upload a File button

 

Once you click the plus icon, you will be introduced to a submenu that contains three different options.
Given that you want to send a Discord spoiler tag (a spoiler image/text), select the “Upload a File” option.

Step 5. Select the file you wish to upload from your computer

Once you click the “Upload a File” option, your computer will open the file explorer.

Select the image from your computer that you want to upload to your Discord channel.

Note: With the new Discord update, you can now select multiple images at once and make spoiler tags on all images simultaneously.

Step 6. Create a Discord Spoiler Tag

 

After you select all the images you wish to upload with a spoiler tag; Discord will align them in a row from where you can create spoiler tags for them individually.

Click the eye icon you see on top of each image to enable the spoiler tag for each image.

You will see that the spoiler tag is now visible on your images.

You can further modify your attachment before sending it.

To do this, click the pencil icon next to the eye icon.

Discord will open a pop-up menu on the screen showing you a list of modification options to choose from.

From here, you can change the filename and description (alt-text) and further mark the image with a spoiler tag if you haven’t already.

Click “Save” once you’re finished updating the attachment.

7. Send the image

Now that you have successfully created a spoiler tag for your image attachment, you can press the enter key to send it.

Note: if you wish to add a caption to your image, you can do that by entering your desired caption in the text field below the attachments.

This will automatically update the caption for your spoiler tagged images, which will appear above your sent images.

Discord Spoiler Tags: How To Use Them Effectively? | Android/iOS

Sending images with spoiler tags on Android is pretty simple and straight.

Follow this guide to know how to enable spoiler tags on the Discord mobile app.

Step 1. Head over to the Discord server

Open the Discord app on your Android/iOS smartphone.
Hover over to the server where you want to send your spoiler image.

Step 2. Find the channel you wish to send spoiler text/image to

From the list of channels you see on the server, look for the one you wish to interact with and send spoilered images to.
Click on that channel.

Step 3. Click the plus icon next to the text field.

Now look for this plus icon next to the text field.

Note: you can send images containing spoiler tags only if you see this icon.

Step 4. Select the image/images you wish to send

Clicking this plus icon will open a submenu on your Discord app.

From here, you can select all the images you wish to send on your Discord channel.

You can also tap the little expand icon on the top left corner of the submenu.

This will open the Files app on your phone allowing you to have better control over the images you wish to share on the Discord channel.

Step 5. Create a Discord spoiler tag for the chosen images

Once you checkmark all the images that you want to share, click the space outside of the submenu to close the menu.

From your chosen images, tap the image on which you want to add Discord spoiler tags.

You will see two options under the image, namely Mark as Spoiler and Remove file.

Select “Mark as spoiler” to add the spoiler tag to your image.

Step 6. Send the image

After you add the spoiler labels to all the selected images, you’re all set to send them.

Add the desired caption for the images before sending (optional) and press the send button.

Your image/images with spoiler tags have now been sent.

How To Use A Spoiler Tag On Your Text On Discord?

If you wish to send a text with a spoiler tag on Discord, simply type the text in your desired channel – in the server of your choice.

Add these two symbols (vertical bars) “||” before and after your text to mark them as spoilers.

Example: ||SPOILERED TEXT||

Now when you send your text, it will primarily be hidden, and only when someone clicks on the text will they be able to read what’s written.

Sending spoiler texts on Discord is the same across platforms. (PC, Android, iOS)

Conclusion

Discord is a cross-platform instant messaging and digital distribution platform. It is designed to help people communicate with their loved ones efficiently and in more ways than one. Over the top, it allows users to find like-minded people across the platform by giving them access to tens and hundreds of public servers.

And because it’s a platform that allows the exchange of audio-visual content at large, there can be times when we wish to share a piece of information that might not be suitable for all age groups, or contains spoilers for movies or content from the web that others might not have seen and wish to watch it, in which case spoiler tags on Discord is a useful feature.