Channels & threads

Lockdowns

A lockdown removes send permissions from a role so nobody can talk. It’s the first thing to reach for when something’s going wrong in a channel.

!lockdown

!lockdown #general spam wave

!lockdown all

!lockdown until 2h
!lockdown all until 6pm

!unlockdown
!unlockdown all

Requires Manage Roles. Aliases: lock, l / unlock, ul, uld. lockdown all until 6pm accepts natural language, and respects your timezone if you’ve set one.

Which role gets locked

By default it’s @everyone. If your server gates access behind a member role instead, point it at that:

!lockdown role @Member

Channels to leave alone

!lockdown ignore #staff-chat
!lockdown ignore list
!lockdown ignore remove #staff-chat
!lockdown ignore clear

Ignored channels are skipped by lockdown all, which is how you keep staff coordination working while the rest of the server is frozen. Alias: exempt.

unlockdown all only unlocks channels it locked. Channels that were already private stay private, so you can’t accidentally expose a staff channel by unlocking the server.

Slowmode

!slowmode #general 10s

!slowmode #general 5m getting heated

!slowmode off #general

Requires Manage Channels. Aliases: slow, slowmo, cooldown, cd. Discord’s maximum is 6 hours.

Hiding and revealing

!hide #staff @someone

!hide #staff @Member

!reveal #staff @someone

Requires Manage Channels. hide aliases: private, priv. reveal aliases: unhide, public. With no target, it hides the channel from @everyone. This edits channel overwrites, so it’s the same thing you’d do in channel settings — just faster.

Topics

!topic #general read the pinned messages
!topic remove #general

Requires Manage Channels.

Nuking a channel

!nuke

Clones the current channel — same name, permissions, position, topic — and deletes the original. Instant way to wipe a channel with no history limit. Requires Administrator.

The new channel has a new ID. Anything referencing the old one breaks: pinned message links, webhooks, sticky message configs, counter channels, ticket panels. Re-point those afterwards.

Scheduled nukes

!nuke add #daily-chat 1d
!nuke list
!nuke view #daily-chat
!nuke remove #daily-chat
!nuke clear

Wipes the channel on a repeating interval. Popular for daily-reset channels and temporary event channels. nuke clear needs Manage Channels and Manage Messages; the rest need Administrator.

Threads

!thread lock
!thread close
!thread open
!thread rename bug reports
!thread delete
!thread unlock

Requires Manage Threads. Each takes an optional thread and reason — omit the thread to act on the one you’re in. Aliases: threads, t.

Command	Aliases	Effect
`thread lock`	`l`	No new messages, stays visible
`thread unlock`	`ul`	Allow messages again
`thread close`	`archive`	Archive it
`thread open`	`unarchive`, `reopen`	Bring it back
`thread rename`	`name`	Rename
`thread delete`	—	Delete permanently

Preventing auto-archive

Discord archives inactive threads on a timer. To keep one alive indefinitely:

!thread add #important-thread
!thread list
!thread unwatch #important-thread
!thread clear

Requires Manage Channels. Watched threads are automatically unarchived whenever Discord archives them.

To create a thread on every message in a channel automatically, see autothreads.

Command reference

Command	Permission	Description
`lockdown [channel] [reason]`	Manage Roles	Lock a channel
`lockdown all [reason]`	Manage Roles	Lock every channel
`lockdown until <time>`	Manage Roles	Lock until a time
`lockdown all until <time>`	Manage Roles	Lock everything until a time
`lockdown role <role>`	Manage Roles	Which role gets locked
`lockdown ignore <channel>`	Manage Roles	Exempt a channel
`lockdown ignore list`	Manage Roles	View exemptions
`lockdown ignore remove <channel>`	Manage Roles	Un-exempt
`lockdown ignore clear`	Manage Roles	Clear exemptions
`unlockdown [channel] [reason]`	Manage Roles	Unlock
`unlockdown all [reason]`	Manage Roles	Unlock everything it locked
`slowmode [channel] [delay]`	Manage Channels	Set slowmode
`slowmode off [channel]`	Manage Channels	Remove slowmode
`hide [channel] [target]`	Manage Channels	Hide from a member or role
`reveal [channel] [target]`	Manage Channels	Reveal again
`topic [channel] <text>`	Manage Channels	Set the topic
`topic remove [channel]`	Manage Channels	Clear the topic
`nuke`	Administrator	Clone and delete the channel
`nuke add <channel> [interval]`	Administrator	Schedule recurring nukes
`nuke list`	Administrator	View scheduled nukes
`nuke remove <channel>`	Administrator	Cancel one
`thread lock/unlock/close/open`	Manage Threads	Thread state
`thread rename [thread] <name>`	Manage Threads	Rename
`thread delete [thread]`	Manage Threads	Delete
`thread add <thread>`	Manage Channels	Prevent auto-archiving
`thread list`	Manage Channels	View watched threads
`thread unwatch <thread>`	Manage Channels	Stop watching

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Lockdowns

Which role gets locked

Channels to leave alone

Slowmode

Hiding and revealing

Topics

Nuking a channel

Scheduled nukes

Threads

Preventing auto-archive

Command reference

​Lockdowns

​Which role gets locked

​Channels to leave alone

​Slowmode

​Hiding and revealing

​Topics

​Nuking a channel

​Scheduled nukes

​Threads

​Preventing auto-archive

​Command reference

Lockdowns

Which role gets locked

Channels to leave alone

Slowmode

Hiding and revealing

Topics

Nuking a channel

Scheduled nukes

Threads

Preventing auto-archive

Command reference