How to create roles and set permissions on your Discord server
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One of the first tasks you should do after creating a Discord server is configuring roles and permissions. This is an easy process that lets you create user groups that can offer your Discord members access to specific parts of the server. In this guide, we’ll be going over how to create roles, how to assign roles, and how to apply permissions to both categories and channels.
How to create roles
A role is what sets what permissions and access a Discord member has on a server. Each member can have more than a single role. Server owners donotrequire a role since they have global permissions and access.
You can then give the newly created role a name, color, and set permissions that will be applied server-wide. Channel and category-set permissions will override role permissions, so use these as a baseline for how much access should be granted.
Be sure to save your changes, so nothing is lost.
How to assign roles
There are two ways to add members to roles.
Using the server settings
Using the member list
The changes will be applied immediately. To remove a role from a member, simply follow these instructions once again, and it’ll remove the role from the member.
How to set category permissions
If you wish for certain members to access specific channels, you can add them to a role and restrict access to that role alone. Category permissionswilloverride server-set permissions.
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Just like setting permissions for a role, you can go through all restrictions and set them accordingly for the category.
How to set channel permissions
Channel permissionswilloverride both category and server-set permissions.
Likewise, with the category permissions, you can go through everything on the list here and apply specific permissions for each role in this channel.
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