# \[SOLVED\] Will discord know if I use redact.dev to delete stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** discord\ **Created:** [August 6, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74 "2025-08-06T01:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TimBuckToo420](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/timbucktoo420/32/200_2.png) [@TimBuckToo420](https://community.redact.dev/u/TimBuckToo420)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/1 "2025-08-06T01:58:47Z")
title pretty much says it. my friend told me to stop using because he thinks its dangerous because discord will ban me for using the redact app. i have been using the app for almost 6 months now and never had an issue but he swears its dangerous, he said discord has some kind of ip address tracking monitoring redact users whats he talking about? i just dont want my account gettin in any beef with discord admins you know what i’m saying so i just wanted to double check ---
**Author:** ![wooly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/wooly/32/17_2.png) [@wooly](https://community.redact.dev/u/wooly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/2 "2025-08-06T02:07:22Z")
Hey there, Nope - Discord won’t ‘know’ if you use Redact.dev to delete stuff. They have rate limits (restrictions on the amount of actions you can take in a period of time) - but Redact respects these limits. Thousands of people have used Redact for Discord and had no issues 🙂 When you run Redact, Discord interprets the actions as standard user actions. Basically, if you went through your Discord and deleted 1000 messages manually, it would leave pretty much the same fingerprint as Redact. As long as you only run one version of Redact at a time, and don’t engage in spammy behaviour, you shouldn’t be at risk of any suspension or bans. Specific servers might have their own policies re: deleting messages though - read server rules before deleting from them, if you’re concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Gerald](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/gerald/32/103_2.png) [@Gerald](https://community.redact.dev/u/Gerald)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/3 "2025-08-06T02:25:37Z")
Your friend sounds…like an interesting cat. ---
**Author:** ![Trigger\_Control](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/trigger_control/32/105_2.png) [@Trigger\_Control](https://community.redact.dev/u/Trigger_Control)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/4 "2025-08-06T03:19:02Z")
Discord is not legally allowed to stop you from managing your own content. As in, there is an actual law about it. I do not know the specifics or the specific law in the books, but there is most certainly a law regarding it. I know this because I deal with something sort of similar at my job. Companies like Redact are not only allowed to offer service like this, the social media sites are actually not legally allowed to stop them unless they are causing malicious harm to their platforms. And managing or even mass deleting your own content absolutely falls under the law. Discord can’t touch you even if they were 100% certain you were using redact to mass remove content. ---
**Author:** ![Niika](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/niika/32/116_2.png) [@Niika](https://community.redact.dev/u/Niika)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/5 "2025-08-06T13:52:41Z")
> [@wooly](#): > > Specific servers might have their own policies re: deleting messages though - read server rules before deleting from them, if you’re concerned. Had to learn that too. As server I was in didn’t allow message deletion. ---
**Author:** ![wooly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/wooly/32/17_2.png) [@wooly](https://community.redact.dev/u/wooly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/6 "2025-08-06T22:01:00Z")
Hm, we keep track of subreddits that punish redact usage from reports to [support@redact.dev](mailto:support@redact.dev). We can set up something for people to post popular / public discord servers on - it just relies on people submitting the servers or reporting them to us. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/tommy/32/100_2.png) [@Tommy](https://community.redact.dev/u/Tommy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/7 "2025-11-24T15:41:08Z")
I don’t think Discord would care anyone to be honest ---
**Author:** ![kittycat](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/kittycat/32/137_2.png) [@kittycat](https://community.redact.dev/u/kittycat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/8 "2025-11-26T12:59:46Z")
If people actually knew how relaxed Discord employees were about stuff like this, they’d be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![tomliver](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/tomliver/32/199_2.png) [@tomliver](https://community.redact.dev/u/tomliver)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/9 "2025-12-18T19:26:44Z")
discord doesn’t know or care if you use redact. like someone else said, they dont have legal method of stopping you from using redact there is literally a US code that says you can use whatever means you want to manage your data on social mediia sites. ---
**Author:** ![scott](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/scott/32/196_2.png) [@scott](https://community.redact.dev/u/scott)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/10 "2026-04-26T16:48:34Z")
Marking +1 to what everyone has said. I’ve been using Redact on Discord for about 18 months across two accounts and never had any pushback from Discord itself. The only place to be a little careful maybe is server-side? A few specific servers have rules that say “no mass deletion, mods will kick” and they enforce it manually if they notice your messages disappearing in bulk. Most servers don’t do it, but it’s prob worth glancing at the rules channel on any server you actively use before you nuke a thousand messages there. Discord the platform doesn’t seem to care much at all. Individual moderators occasionally do tho. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/tommy/32/100_2.png) [@Tommy](https://community.redact.dev/u/Tommy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/11 "2026-05-08T12:37:14Z")
Been using redact for 2 years on discord, never had a single issue. Your friend means well but I think he’s wrong. Discord can’t tell the difference between you doing it manually and the app doing it for you. That’s sort of the whole point you know? 🤟 ---
**Author:** ![bugsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@bugsy](https://community.redact.dev/u/bugsy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/solved-will-discord-know-if-i-use-redact-dev-to-delete-stuff/74/12 "2026-06-20T15:57:57Z")
even if they know I dont think anything can be done about it. isn’t it legally risky for them to ban a user for managing their own content, regardless of how they choose to manage it?