Discord is one of the best services for chatting with your friends and meeting like-minded people. It allows you to express yourself through profile customization, like applying an avatar and biography.

You can also set a profile banner. Everyone on Discord can choose a profile banner color, but if you subscribe to Nitro then you can set an image as your profile banner.

In this article, we're going to show you how to set your profile color and change your Discord profile banner.

How to Set a Profile Color on Discord

At the time of writing, the profile color feature is in beta and only available to a limited number of people, though eventually this feature will be rolled out to everyone.

It's free to choose a profile color and it'll appear on your profile as a strip above your avatar. You can only apply it on the Discord desktop app, but it will appear across platforms.

To set a profile color, open Discord on desktop and follow these steps:

  1. Click the cog icon (User Settings) in the bottom left.
  2. Click Edit profile.
  3. Beneath Profile Color, a default color is selected. This is automatically determined by the colors of your avatar. To change this, click Custom.
  4. Use the color picker to choose a new color. Alternatively, enter a specific hex code.
  5. Click Save Changes.

Related: Discord Tips and Tricks All Users Should Know

How to Set a Profile Banner on Discord

Profile banners replace the profile color with an image. This feature is only available to Discord Nitro users—the full Nitro, rather than Nitro Classic. This paid membership is one of the ways that Discord makes money.

It's recommended that your profile banner is at least 600 x 240 pixels. It must be in PNG, JPG, or GIF (animation is supported) format.

Like the profile color, the profile banner can only be set on the desktop version of Discord, but it will display on all devices.

To set a profile banner, open Discord on desktop and follow these steps:

  1. Click the cog icon (User Settings) in the bottom left.
  2. Click Edit profile.
  3. Beneath Profile Banner, click Unlock with Nitro (if you don't already subscribe) and sign up. Remember, this is a recurring subscription cost that you need to manually cancel.
  4. Click Change Banner.
  5. Choose an image from your computer.
  6. Move and resize the image to fit the banner dimensions.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Then select Save Changes.

Once this is done, you will have a banner added to your profile.

Enjoy Other Discord Nitro Perks

The ability to set a profile banner is one of the many perks that you get for subscribing to Discord Nitro.

Don't forget to make use of the other benefits, like using custom stickers, multiple avatars, and boosting servers.