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How to find a Discord Channel ID

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Aszduh
Aszduh
Monni Developer

Sometimes you may need to use the ID of a Discord channel to interact with Discord's API to, for instance, send messages through a bot or integration to a specific channel. With this guide, you can find the ID needed to perform these or any other actions you may need!

Finding a Channel ID​

Locating the channel ID first requires turning on Discord's Developer Mode which enables options in menus that are primarily used to aid in working with the Discord API.

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If Developer Mode has already been enabled then skip to step 3.

Step 1. Open "User Settings":

Discord home screen with the User Settings gear highlighted at the bottom left

Step 2. Go to "Advanced Settings" and enable "Developer Mode":

Discord Advanced settings with the Developer Mode switch turned on

Step 3. Locate the channel you need the ID of and right click it, then click "Copy Channel ID":

Channel menu in Discord with Copy Channel ID highlighted at the bottom

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No permissions are needed to be able to copy a channel ID.

Step 4. With the channel ID copied, you can now paste it wherever necessary with Ctrl+V:

A channel ID pasted into the Discord message box

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