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How to Find and Get a Discord User’s Unique ID Number

A Discord user’s unique ID number is useful to identify a specific user across Discord. You may need it to report a user, whitelist or blacklist someone on a server, or even ban a troublesome user.

Getting a user’s ID is easy, and only takes a few steps. Here are the main ways to find a Discord user’s ID:

Using the Desktop Client

The easiest way to get a Discord user’s ID is by enabling Developer Mode in the Discord desktop application. Here’s how:

  1. Open the User Settings menu by clicking the gear icon next to your name
  2. Go to the Appearance tab
  3. Scroll down and enable Developer Mode

Once enabled, you can right-click any user’s name or avatar and select Copy ID. This copies their unique 18-digit ID number to your clipboard.

You can then paste this ID anywhere you need it, like when reporting the user.

Using Discord on Mobile

The process is similar in the Discord mobile app:

  1. Tap the target user’s avatar or name to open their profile
  2. Tap the three dots menu icon
  3. Select Copy ID

This copies their ID to clipboard, ready to paste where needed.

Via Third-Party Websites

There are various Discord lookup tools and bots that can retrieve a user ID for you if you don’t have access to Developer Mode.

For example:

  • DiscordID.com – Enter a username and discriminator to get the matching user ID
  • Discord Bots like YAGPDB.xyz – Use the !userinfo command to get info on a user including their ID

Identifying a User from their ID

A Discord user ID looks like 279216593250283530. This long number uniquely identifies each user.

The ID itself doesn’t reveal much information on its own. To identify a user from their ID, you need to:

  • Have Developer Mode enabled then hover over their name/avatar to view their tag
  • Use a Discord lookup site to retrieve the username from the ID
  • Retrieve the user object via the Discord API to view their username

So while the ID itself isn’t very informative, it’s very useful to uniquely identify users across Discord when needed.

What Can You Do with a User ID?

Here are some of the main things you can do with a Discord user ID:

Report Users

When reporting misbehaving users to Discord Trust and Safety, you will need to provide their user ID. This helps Discord identify them.

Ban Users

Server admins can ban users directly via their ID instead of just their username. This prevents possible ban evasion.

Whitelist or Blacklist Users

Bots that auto-moderate servers often allow whitelisting or blacklisting specific users via their ID. This lets you make exceptions for specific users.

Lookup User Accounts

As mentioned already, various Discord lookup tools allow retrieving user info from just their ID. This can help identify banned users, scammers, etc.

So in summary, a user’s unique ID number is very handy for identifying and managing users across Discord.

Tips for Finding IDs

Here are some additional tips when trying to find a Discord user ID:

  • You must have Developer Mode enabled to access copy ID options
  • The user must not have privacy mode enabled or you can’t view their ID
  • Use lookup sites if you can’t otherwise access the user in Discord
  • You can get your own user ID the same way to identify yourself
  • Bot commands like !userinfo work in any server the bot and user are in

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