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How to Send a Discord Friend Request

How to Send a Discord Friend Request

Discord has two ways to add someone: send a friend request by username, or bring them into your server with an invite. Both are shown here.

✅ Tested on
  • SystemWindows
  • AppDiscord desktop app
  • Also works onDiscord web app (the Friends page looks the same)
  • Last verifiedOctober 29, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open Direct Messages

In Discord, click the Discord logo at the top left to open Direct Messages.

Open Direct Messages

Open Add Friend

At the top of the Friends page, click Add Friend. Type the person’s exact Discord username in the field.

Open Add Friend

Send the friend request

Type the username, then click Send Friend Request (the button activates once text is entered).

Send the friend request

Open the server invite dialog

Or, from a server, click the invite (person with a plus) icon at the top of the channel list to open Invite friends.

Open the server invite dialog

Invite a friend or copy the link

Click Invite next to any friend, or scroll down and click Copy to send the server invite link anywhere. Recipients land in #general, and the link expires in 7 days.

Invite a friend or copy the link

Good to know

  1. Discord no longer uses name#1234 tags — the Add Friend form asks only for the username, so no numbers are needed.
  2. A friend request does nothing until the other person accepts it; until then it sits in Pending.
  3. The server invite link in the video expires in 7 days — use Edit invite link if you need a longer-lived one.

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