You can then use Discord as usual, although some features (such as push-to-talk during gameplay) are unavailable in the web app. Once you’ve signed in, you’ll see the standard Discord interface appear in your browser.

Right-click the Start menu or taskbar and select Task Manager.If you want to force Discord to restart on Windows, here’s what you’ll need to do:

This helps to recover from connection problems, from app freezes, or from other issues that aren’t caused by a problem with the Discord platform itself, such as server outages.Īs Discord may not close properly, the best way to ensure Discord restarts is to force the client to close using the Task Manager on Windows or the Force Quit tool on Mac. If you use the Discord desktop client for PC or Mac, then you can restart it. Only Discord server owners can do this, so if you haven’t created your server or had ownership transferred to you, you’re out of luck. However, if you’re having issues running your server (too many members, difficult moderation issues, bored of the server topic, etc), you may want to delete your server and start again. If you’re having problems with Discord, it’s a problem with the client or platform itself, not with your server. Unlike Teamspeak, you don’t host a server that can be switched on or off when there’s a problem.

For the purpose of this article, we’re assuming this means to either turn the server on or off again (not possible) or wipe it and start again with no members or customization (possible).ĭiscord is a web-based platform, meaning servers are hosted by Discord itself with 24/7 access available for users. You can’t F4 your way into “refreshing” your server. If you want to restart a Discord server, however, then this is an entirely different topic.

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