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A user-friendly guide to create a line or block of text in Discord on desktop or mobile
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Do you want to share a code snippet in a Discord chat? There's an easy way to format any type of text to make it look like code rather than plain text. You'll just need to encase your text with back-ticks (`) to use Discord's chat formatting. This wikiHow will show you how to use special characters in Discord to create a code line or code box on your computer, Android, iPhone, or iPad.

Things You Should Know

  • Use a back-tick (`) on either side of the text to format a line of code.
  • For example, your text should look like: `your text here`
  • To create a block of code, use three back-ticks (```). It should look like: ```your text here```
Method 1
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Using Mobile

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  1. If you aren't already logged in, enter your email and password to do so now. [1]
  2. Tap a server from the left panel, or tap a recent Direct Message to open it.
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  3. You'll need to access your punctuation menu to find it. For example, your text should look like `your text here` .
    • On iPhone or iPad, tap and hold the apostrophe key (') to access special characters. The back-tick is the first option on the left.
    • On Android, open the special punctuation menu on the lower-left side of the keyboard to find the backtick key.
  4. When your message sends, the text will be in a code block.
    • You can also censor text by placing two vertical bars (|) on each end of your text.
  5. If you want to create a code block that has more than one line of text, you'll just need to alter the punctuation slightly. Do the following:
    • Encase your text in (```) on both sides.
      • Your text should look like:
        ```line one
        line two```
        .
    • Tap the airplane icon to send it.
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Method 2
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Using Desktop

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  1. Discord is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. [2]
  2. Click a server from the left panel, or click a recent Direct Message to open it.
  3. You'll need to access your punctuation menu to find it. You can find the back-tick key in the top-left corner of your keyboard. If needed, you can enable the on-screen keyboard to use it.
    • For example, your text should look like `your text here` .
    • To create a multi-line code block, encase your text in (```) on both sides.
      • Your text should look like:
        ```line one
        line two```
        .
  4. When your message sends, the text will be in a code block.
  5. This will only work on the desktop application. Colored text will not appear on the mobile app. Use the following format:
    • Orange:
      ```arm
      your_text_with_underscores
      ```
      .
    • Red:
      ```diff
      -your text after a hyphen
      ```
      .
    • Blue:
      ```css
      [your text in brackets]
      ```
      .
    • Cyan:
      ```yaml
      your text here
      ```
      .
    • Green:
      ```diff
      +your text after a plus sign
      ```
      .
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  • Question
    My message shows as a code block in Discord, but how do I add a straight colored line beside the block?
    Community Answer
    Unfortunately you can't color single-line code blocks in Discord. Using a block code should work, however.
  • Question
    When I use text highlighting, can I add code using the things?
    Community Answer
    That isn't possible unless you use two code boxes with two color codes.
  • Question
    How do I color text on discord?
    Community Answer
    You can format Discord code blocks to show colored text, you can do ```diff -(text here) ``` to make text red.
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      1. Open the chat box in Discord.
      2. Type a back-tick (`) on either side of text to create a one-line code box.
      3. Type three back-ticks (```) on either side of the text to create a multiple-line code box.

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