How to See Deleted Messages on Discord

With Discord, it’s very much the same. In fact, it can often be more alarming due to the sometimes intimate nature of Discord server communities.

So the question is, can you see deleted messages on discord?

The simple answer is no, you cannot view deleted Discord messages.

When you delete messages on Discord, they are gone forever.

And honestly, for good reason. Most of the time, deleted messages have been deleted because they should have been.

Often it is because Discord server owners don’t want other Discord users to be subjected to whatever it was that required the message to be deleted or because the information in the deleted message was invalid or outdated.

Whatever the case is, deleted Discord messages are probably best being gone.

There are, however, a couple of workarounds to allow you to view deleted Discord messages.

The reasons for using these options may be personal or because an abusive message needs to be reported to the Discord support team.

Whatever the reason, below are some options and third-party plugins to save deleted messages on your Discord servers.

To install BetterDiscord, DynoBot, or any other plugin, your Discord account must be the owner of the server, or the option to install it will not be available in the server settings.

1. Take Screenshots

   The simplest and easiest way is to take screenshots before the messages are deleted.

   Screengrab a single Discord message, or screenshot all the deleted messages before they are removed and save them in a folder somewhere.

   This will allow you access to the deleted messages in the future for whatever reason you need.

2. Better Discord

   

   Better Discord is a third-party app that extends the functionality of Discord.

   The plugins available with BetterDiscord installed can give you more control and quality of life functions to streamline your Discord experience.

   Plugins can be created to save chat logs, edited messages, and view deleted messages.

3. MessageLoggerV2

   Message logger is a plugin for Better Discord that saves all deleted messages on discord, as well as any edited messages and ghost pings.

   Can be used to restore deleted messages completely.

4. Dyno Bot

   

   Dyno bot is a Discord bot that can be used to save deleted messages.

   In the settings you can set Dyno bot up to cache the last 10 messages sent in a channel. Premium users can cache up to 100 messages per channel.

   This bot is a multi-purpose Discord bot, and has a ton of other functionality aside from interacting with messages on discord.

5. Logger Bot

   

   Logger bot is a more specialized bot that is dedicated to message logging.

   Unlike DynoBot, Logger bot is built specifically for message moderation and can be used to see deleted messages on discord after they have been removed.

6. YAGPDB Bot

   

   Similar to Dyno, YAGPDB (Yet Another General Purpose Discord Bot) can be set up to save and view deleted messages.

Discord does not keep any messages that have been deleted. Unless saved by some other means, once a message is gone from a server, it is gone forever.

As a server moderator, you can see if messages were deleted Audit log window under Moderation.

Here you can see who deleted messages on Discord, whose Discord messages were deleted, as well as where the channel they were deleted from.

Is it Possible to Report a Deleted Message?

While it is impossible to report the deleted message itself, you can report abusive messages on Discord by sending the Server ID and a screenshot of the deleted messages to Discord support. You can do this through the official Discord website, or by email ([email protected]) explaining how the abuse happened.