Discord is gaining in popularity these days, especially among gamers, streamers, and influencers. However, unlike other social platforms, searching people on Discord can be a bit challenging: you need to enter their username as well as the unique 4-digit ID number (the Discord tag).

And let’s be honest, most of us can barely remember our own phone numbers, let alone someone else’s random four digits! This has led to plenty of Discord users voicing their frustration, wishing for a simpler way to connect¹. But don’t worry, this post will provide you with some practical methods to find someone on Discord even if you don’t know their tag or username.

Method 1: Sync your phone’s contact list

If someone you’d like to find is already in your phone’s contact list, then you can try to search the person using the “Sync your contacts” feature provided by Discord. Here’s how you do it:

1. Launch Discord on your phone.
2. Navigate to your Friends tab by tapping the second button to the left in the Navbar. Then hit Find your friends (or Getting Started if you haven’t added any friend yet).
   
3. Check the Allow contacts to add me option and tap on the “Get Started” button.
   
4. Verify your phone number as required (enter your phone number and paste the confirmation code).
   
5. Tap Sync Contacts, and press OK when a pop-up shows up asking for access to your contacts.
   
6. You’ll then be able to spot all your contacts who use Discord.

Heads up: This method only works if the person you’re searching for has also enabled the “Allow contacts to add me” feature. On a related note, when Discord team members announced this feature in a Reddit post, many users expressed concerns about giving their phone contacts another way to find them on social media². So, if you suspect that person is in that camp, or if they’re not even in your contact list, you might have better luck with other methods, such as using a professional people search engine.

Method 2: Find someone on Discord with BeenVerified

BeenVerified is a powerful people search tool that can sift through millions of data, and allow you to search for detailed and up-to-date info about an individual within seconds, including social media accounts on 55+ platforms.

Search Discord user with BeenVerified

Follow the steps below to find someone’s Discord account:

1. Go to BeenVerified.

2. Type in the Name and hit SEARCH. Based on the information you have about the person, you can also search by phone, email or address.

3. Wait for BeenVerified to search the databases. Once done, you’ll see all the available social media profiles associated with the input information.

Method 3: Find Discord user with Social Catfish

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1. Go to Social Catfish People Search page.
2. Choose a search type that suites you best, depending on the information you have about the person.
   
3. Enter the required information and click Search.
4. The results will come out within seconds. You can click See Complete Results to view the full report, with all the details of the person, including all the available social media profiles.
   

Method 4: Search someone’s Discord with Spokeo

Spokeo is another well-known people finder online. Simply by entering a name, an email address or a phone number, you’ll gain quick access to someone’s digital footprints on over 120 social networks and sites.

To search people with Spokeo, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Spokeo People Search page.
2. Select a search type that you prefer (name/email/phone/address).
   
3. Enter the required information in the search box, then click SEARCH NOW.
4. Wait a moment while Spokeo searches its database. When the detailed report comes out, you’ll be able to get a peek into the person’s presence on 100+ social platforms.
   

Method 5: Enable the “Nearby Scan” feature

Wanna add friends you meet at an event or a party? There’s an easy way. If the physical distance between you and the person you wish to find is roughly within a 30-foot radius, and that both parties’ phones have enabled WiFi or Bluetooth, then you may be able to find the Discord account of the person, simply by using the nearby scan button of the app. Just do the following:

1. Launch Discord on yourmobile device.
2. Navigate to your Friends tab by tapping the second button to the left in the Navbar.
   
3. Tap the Add Friend button at the top right corner.
   
4. Select Nearby scan.
   
5. If this is the first time you use this feature, you might see a pop-up asking for certain permissions (to use location, microphone, WiFi and Bluetooth). Click Allow to let the scan start.
6. Discord will then show you a list of nearby users to whom you can send a friend request.

This feature is a godsend for some Discord users, as they can add friends who live down the street without needing to awkwardly ask for their tag and username³. (PS: this is especially helpful if you don’t see them often or just want to chat but haven’t exchanged numbers.)

Method 6: Search Discord accounts with username

When you search someone on Discord, maybe you have a rough idea about what his or her username is. If this is your case, then Discord’s built-in search functionality can assist you in locating them. To initiate this process, access the search icon located at the screen’s bottom. Within the search bar, begin by typing ‘@’, followed by any fragments of the username you remember. Discord will present a list of suggestions containing usernames that match your input. Click on the option that you believe corresponds to your friend’s profile. You’ll be directed to their profile, where you can confirm if it’s the person you’re looking for.

Alternatively, there’s a website you can use to search Discord users with username (even if you don’t have the 4-digit tag number).

1. Go to DiscordHub User Search. (This is a bot website that collects data from Discord’s servers.)
2. Enter the possible username in the search bar, and click Search.
   
3. Go through the list of results and identify the right one. Click View Profile to check out more details.
   

If you have no idea what the username of the person you are looking for might be, don’t despair. The good news is that people tend to use the same username across different social media platforms. There are actually some dedicated username search engines, like Social Catfish and Spokeo, that let you enter a person’s real name and find their username on social media (such as Facebook and Twitter). Once you find their commonly used username, you can then search that username on Discord’s search bar or on the bot website.

Method 7: Check out other social platforms

If you are trying to search a streamer, influencer, Youtuber or gamer, chances are they’ve mentioned their Discord ID on other social profiles. So don’t hesitate to check out their personal profile and the content they published on some popular sites (Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram, etc.).

Method 8: Join a common group or server

If you know that the person you’re looking for is a member of a particular group or server, you can join that group or server and try to find them there. Once you’ve joined the group or server, you can look through the server’s member list. To do this, open the server and click on the member list icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

FAQs

1. Account & Server Management [St4rTh3ft]. (2019, Oct 10). Need to find someone but i dont know there 4 digit number [Online forum post] support.discord.com. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360030136991-Need-to-find-someone-but-i-dont-know-there-4-digit-number- ↩︎
2. r/discordapp [Duke_da_dog]. (2021, Apr 8). Feature preview – Find your friends [Online forum post] Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/mazap2/feature_preview_find_your_friends/ ↩︎
3. API [Murth Jr]. (2018, Nov 10). Find friends nearby [Online forum post] support.discord.com. https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360030126551-Find-friends-nearby ↩︎