How to use Discord Streamer Mode to protect your PC stream

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Discord’s Streamer Mode is a built-in safety net that hides private details while you’re live. Flip it on and you stop invite codes, DMs, emails, and notification popups from photobombing your broadcast. It is simple, free, and saves you from the “leaked server link on stream” facepalm.

What Streamer Mode hides

• Personal info: email address, connected accounts, user discriminators, and private notes.
• Invite links: any server invitations you generate stay invisible on screen.
• Client sounds: pings, joins, and alerts get muted so your audio mix stays clean.
• Popups: Discord notifications stop appearing over gameplay and capture windows.

Quick setup on Windows

1. Link your tools: Discord → User Settings → Connections → Integrations, then connect OBS, XSplit, or your platform.
2. Enable Streamer Mode: User Settings → Streamer Mode → check Enable Streamer Mode.
3. Auto toggle: turn on Automatically Enable/Disable so Discord flips protection on when OBS launches.
4. Add a hotkey: User Settings → Keybinds → create a toggle for Streamer Mode.

Creator tips for PC games

• Keep Overlays tidy: disable any desktop popups from other apps to avoid capture by OBS Game Capture.
• Scene safety: add a blurred “Discord Browser” scene for checking servers mid-stream without doxxing.
• Audio gain staging: with Discord pings muted, set VOIP and game levels once and lock them.
• Team privacy: remind squadmates that invites and codes should go in a private channel.
• Test run: record a 60-second dummy session to confirm that alerts and invites are hidden.

Troubleshooting

• Popups still appear in a window capture – switch that source to Game Capture or Display Capture with a cropped region.
• Invites visible in chat logs – hide the channel in your stream scene or use a browser source with CSS blur.
• Missed alerts – add a separate Streamer Mode hotkey and put it on your deck or mouse.

Bottom line

Streamer Mode takes two clicks and prevents the most common on-air slipups. Use it alongside smart scenes and you can jump into Discord mid-match without leaking a single byte you care about.