Discord is a fun place to hang out with your online friends and take part in various communities. However, you can have a tough time conversing in a populated server where several people send messages every minute.

The topic of conversation could quickly go off on a tangent when a lot of members are involved. Discord Threads is the solution for all these problems.

You can use Threads to create a side conversation from a channel's main feed, making the server chat seem less spammy and cluttered.

In this article, we'll cover how you can create a conversation thread in Discord.

What Is a Discord Thread?

A Discord Thread is simply a branched conversation that doesn't show up in the main chat. The sole purpose of a thread is to make sure anyone can discuss a topic in detail without cluttering a server's channel.

No matter how active a chat is, you can have meaningful discussions without interrupting other members and their conversations.

This feature is identical to Slack threads if you've ever used the platform. You'll get the hang of Discord Threads pretty quickly if you're familiar with how Reddit comment threads or in-line replies in iMessage work.

At the moment, you can only use this feature in a server.

Related: Discord Finally Adds Threaded Messages to Keep Conversations Clean

How to Create a Discord Thread on Desktop

Before you begin, we'd like to point out that Discord Threads may not be available in all servers you're a part of.

While Discord enables this feature by default for a server, it's up to the server's administrators and moderators to allow members to create threads.

Assuming your Discord client is up to date, follow these simple instructions:

Creating a Discord Thread on desktop
  1. Right-click on the message you want to make a thread for and select Create Thread from the dropdown menu.
  2. Next, give a preferred name for the thread and change the Archive setting as required. Click on Create Thread, and you're all set.
Creating a Discord Thread on desktop

By default, Discord will automatically archive your thread after 24 hours of inactivity. But you can change this to one hour or even increase it depending on your server's level from boosts.

Level 1 servers can unlock the three-day archive setting, whereas Level 2 servers can keep inactive threads for as long as one week.

Read More: How to Boost Your Discord Server

How to Create a Discord Thread on Mobile

The steps you need to follow are pretty similar on mobile devices too, whether you're an iOS or an Android user.

Just make sure you've updated your app and follow the steps below:

  1. Long-press on the message you want to make a new thread for and tap on Create Thread.
  2. Now, give a suitable name for your thread, change the Auto-archive duration and type your reply to the message.
  3. Once you're done, hit the Send option to create the thread and branch a conversation from the main chat.

Unlike the desktop client, you have to send a reply to create a new thread in the mobile app, for some reason. Besides that, everything is identical on both platforms.

Note that the server administrators and moderators can delete, archive, or even unarchive a conversation thread as they please.

The default server setting doesn't allow regular members to manage threads. Therefore, you'll need someone with advanced privileges to remove them before Discord automatically archives it.

Also, if you're in a Level 2 server, you will have the option to create Private Threads, which only the people you invite and the moderators can see.

Discord Takes Notes From Slack for Threads

As we mentioned earlier, the feature works just like threads in Slack. After all, Discord follows a similar interface to Slack, so we're not complaining.

Without Threads, Discord's server chats seemed like a mess, especially the most active ones.

This should improve the conversation flow in Discord and make it more welcoming to engage in discussions and debates.