An image says a thousand words, right? That’s why using Stickers in Discord is so fun. Stickers are static or animated images that are a nice way to express yourself.
However, there are some limitations to Discord Stickers. Depending on your account, you might not be able to use them everywhere you want. Here’s everything you need to know about Discord Stickers.
What Are Discord Stickers?
Stickers are a cross between emojis and GIFs. It’s a large image, often in a cartoon style, that expresses something.
The concept of stickers aren’t anything new. Messaging apps like iMessage and WhatsApp have offered stickers for years.
How to Use Discord Stickers
To use Discord stickers, select the sticker icon from the message field. It’s in the same section as the emoji and GIF icons.
This will pop open the sticker interface. On the left is a list of all the servers you’re in that have stickers to use. The main pane shows the stickers. To send a sticker in chat, simply click it.
You can’t use stickers from one server in another unless you have Discord Nitro (not Nitro Classic). The same applies to DMs. If you’re a free Discord user, you can only use stickers in the server that hosts them.
Discord Nitro members also get access to 300 special stickers that are designed by the Discord team.
If you run a server, you can’t stop people using stickers. However, if you don’t want stickers from other servers used in yours, you can disable the Use External Emoji and Stickers permission.
How to Add Discord Stickers
If you want to add custom stickers to Discord, you’ll need to set up your own Discord server or have permissions in someone else’s.
That server also needs to be at a Boost level. Boosts are a way of paying to add new features to a server. That’s right, it costs money to add custom stickers.
The higher the server’s Boost level, the more custom stickers you can upload:
- Level 1: 15 stickers
- Level 2: 30 stickers
- Level 3: 60 stickers
If the server drops a level, you lose access to the stickers occupying those extra slots.
You can only add and manage a server’s stickers on desktop—Android and iOS aren’t supported.
To add stickers to a server:
- Navigate to the server.
- Click the server’s name in the top-left.
- Click Server settings.
- From the left menu, click Stickers.
- If your server is a high enough level, click Upload sticker.
- Give your sticker a name, upload the file, and choose a related emoji (this is so your sticker appears as a suggestion to match emojis when someone is searching stickers). You can also add a description to help those with screen readers.
- When you’re happy with how it looks, click Upload.
These are the requirements for your image file:
- PNG (static) or APNG (animated) file type
- 500KB maximum file size
- 320 x 320 pixels exactly
Once you’ve uploaded a sticker, you can click the pencil icon to edit it. However, you can only edit the sticker’s information, not the sticker itself. If you want to replace the sticker, you should delete it and start again. As such, press the red X icon to delete a sticker.
Join Discord Servers to Expand Your Sticker Collection
If you want to quickly expand your Discord sticker collection, you should join other servers. Along with a Discord Nitro membership, you’ll then have access to a range of stickers that you can use across your servers and DMs.
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