When you are in a Discord voice call, incoming message pings and channel notifications can interrupt your conversation. The default notification settings show all alerts regardless of whether you are speaking with others. Discord includes a dedicated suppression feature that mutes non-critical notifications while you are in a voice channel. This article explains how to enable that suppression and adjust which notifications still break through.
Key Takeaways: Discord Notification Suppression During Voice Calls
- User Settings > Notifications > Suppress @everyone and @here: Stops loud pings from mass mentions while you are in a voice channel.
- User Settings > Notifications > Suppress All Notification Sounds: Silences all incoming notification sounds during a voice call without muting the call audio.
- Server Notification Settings per Channel: Override global suppression by setting specific channels to show all messages even during a call.
How Discord Notification Suppression Works in Voice Calls
Discord has two separate notification controls that affect voice calls. The first is the global notification suppression toggle found in your user settings. When enabled, Discord automatically reduces the volume of incoming notification sounds and can block @everyone and @here mentions entirely while you are connected to a voice channel. The second control is per-server notification behavior that determines which messages and mentions still appear as alerts even when suppression is active.
The purpose of suppression is to prevent audio interruptions during a call. Without it, a sudden @everyone ping plays the full notification sound over your voice chat, which can be distracting for everyone in the channel. Suppression does not block direct messages from friends by default; only server-wide mentions and channel notifications are affected. You can customize exceptions so that important channels or specific users still trigger alerts.
Before configuring suppression, ensure your Discord app is updated to the latest version. The settings described are available on the desktop app and the web client. Mobile versions have a similar but slightly different layout; the desktop steps are shown here.
Steps to Enable Notification Suppression During Voice Calls
Follow these steps to configure Discord to suppress notifications while you are in a voice call. You can adjust the level of suppression from blocking all sounds to only blocking mass mentions.
- Open User Settings
Click the gear icon in the bottom-left corner of the Discord window next to your username and avatar. This opens the User Settings panel. - Go to the Notifications section
In the left sidebar, scroll down to App Settings and click Notifications. The notification settings page opens with several toggles. - Enable Suppress @everyone and @here
Under the Voice & Video subsection, turn on Suppress @everyone and @here. This prevents mass mention pings from playing sounds or showing pop-ups while you are in a voice channel. The setting applies to all servers you are a member of. - Enable Suppress All Notification Sounds
Directly below the previous toggle, turn on Suppress All Notification Sounds. This silences every notification sound during a voice call, including direct messages, channel mentions, and friend requests. The notifications still appear in the notification tray but do not produce audio. - Adjust per-server notification override if needed
Right-click a server icon in your server list and select Notification Settings. Here you can set the server to All Messages, Only @mentions, or Nothing. If you want a specific server to still show all messages during a call, set it to All Messages. This overrides the global suppression for that server only. - Test the configuration
Join any voice channel and ask someone to send a message that includes @everyone or @here in a channel you are in. You should not hear the ping sound. If you enabled suppression of all sounds, no notification audio should play.
If Discord Still Shows Notifications During Voice Calls
Suppression toggles appear grayed out or cannot be changed
This happens when your Discord client is outdated or when you are using the browser version with an incompatible extension. Update the desktop app to the latest version from discord.com/download. If you are on the web client, try disabling ad blockers or privacy extensions that might interfere with Discord settings.
I still hear notification sounds from specific channels
The Suppress All Notification Sounds toggle should silence all audio notifications globally. If a particular channel still produces sound, check that channel’s individual notification override. Right-click the channel in the server, go to Notification Settings, and set it to Nothing or Only @mentions. Also verify that you do not have a custom notification override set for that specific user who is messaging.
Direct messages from friends still show pop-ups during a call
Discord’s suppression toggles are designed to affect server-level notifications, not direct messages. To block direct message pop-ups during a call, you can set your status to Do Not Disturb. Click your avatar in the bottom-left corner, select Do Not Disturb. This suppresses all desktop notifications including DMs until you switch back to Online or Idle.
Suppression does not work on mobile
Mobile versions of Discord handle suppression differently. On iOS and Android, open User Settings > Notifications and enable Suppress @everyone and @here and Suppress All Notification Sounds the same way as on desktop. However, mobile devices may still show banner notifications from the operating system. To fully silence those, enable Do Not Disturb mode on your phone or tablet before joining a voice call.
Discord Notification Suppression Options: Global vs Per-Server
| Item | Global Suppression (User Settings) | Per-Server Override |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Applies to all servers you are in | Applies to a single server only |
| What it blocks | @everyone, @here, and all notification sounds during voice calls | All messages, only @mentions, or nothing for that server |
| How to access | User Settings > Notifications > Voice & Video | Right-click server icon > Notification Settings |
| Effect on direct messages | Does not block DM sounds unless you also enable Do Not Disturb | Does not affect direct messages at all |
| Override priority | Per-server setting overrides global suppression for that server | Setting a server to All Messages overrides global suppression for that server |
You now know how to configure Discord to suppress notifications during voice calls using the global suppression toggles and per-server overrides. Start by enabling Suppress @everyone and @here and Suppress All Notification Sounds in User Settings > Notifications. For servers where you still want to see every message, set that server’s notification preference to All Messages. If you need to block all interruptions including direct messages, switch your status to Do Not Disturb before joining a voice channel. Experiment with the per-channel notification settings to fine-tune which conversations break through during calls.