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How you can fake Discord messages using developer tools like Inspect Element
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To get your way or play a prank on friends, faking messages on Discord can be pretty handy. Using Inspect Element in Developer Tools, you can quickly change nicknames, usernames, times, message text, and more. Learn how to do this with Google Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox in this wikiHow article.

Creating Fake Discord Messages

To create a fake Discord message, first open Discord on the web. Then click Ctrl + Shift + I on Windows or Cmd + Option + I on Mac to open the Inspect window. Use the arrow button in the top-left corner to select the message or elements you want to change, and change them in the Inspect window.

  1. Go to https://discord.com, then click Open Discord in your browser. You must be using Google Chrome (or a Chromium-based browser like Opera), Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.
  2. The easiest way to do this is by clicking Ctrl+ Shift+I on your keyboard (or Cmd+ Option+I on Mac). The Inspect window will open either on the side of your webpage or at the bottom, depending on which browser you're using.
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  3. This will allow you to select anything on the page and open it in the Inspect window.
  4. Make sure to click a little to the side of the message so the entire message is highlighted. The pop-up window should say div#message-content not span.
  5. The message will be in one or more <span> tags. Double-click the first tag to highlight the text and make it editable.
  6. If there's only one <span> tag, you can change that one and move to the next step. If there are multiple <span> tags, change the first one, then right-click the other <span> tags and select Delete element.
  7. To add an emoji to your message, first send the emoji to yourself, or find another message where someone sent the emoji you want to include. You can do this with standard emojis or custom emojis.
    • Click the arrow button in the top-left of the Inspect window, then click on the emoji you want to add to your message.
    • Right-click the element that starts with <img aria-label and select Copy > Copy element.
    • Return to your fake message.
    • Right-click the element that starts with <div id="message-content and select Paste. The emoji will be added to your message.
      • Discord has two emoji sizes: a smaller size for in-line text, and a bigger size when the emoji is sent on its own. If you paste the emoji into your message and it looks too big, go to the emoji element and change class="emoji jumboable" to class="emoji".
      • If there isn't a space between the emoji and the text, go to the <span> tag with your message and add a space to the end of it.
      • If you want to add an emoji to your message and have text on either side, right-click the <span> tag with your fake message text and click Copy > Copy element. Then, right-click the element that starts with <div id="message-content and select Paste. Add a space before the text in the second <span> tag to insert a space after the emoji.
  8. Click the arrow button in the top-left, then click the username of the person who sent the message. In the Inspect window, double-click their username and change it to something else.
    • You can change a username's color by double-clicking on the code color: rgb(#, #, #) and replacing the three numbers with the RGB values of any color, making sure each number is separated by commas. Use RGB Color Picker to find the RGB values of your desired color.
  9. Click the arrow button in the top-left, then click the avatar of the person who sent the message. Double-click on the URL after <img src=" and paste a new image URL.
    • While the code will resize any image you link here, it looks best if the image is square.
  10. Click the arrow button in the top-left, then click the date of the fake message. Click the arrows to expand the code in the Inspect window until you see text surrounded by quotes before a tag that says </time>. Change this text to the date you want.
    • Make sure to get the timestamp correct so the message is believable! Discord has three different timestamps:
      • For messages sent today, the timestamp says Today at ##:## AM/PM.
      • For messages sent yesterday, the timestamp says Yesterday at ##:## AM/PM.
      • For messages sent earlier than one day ago, the timestamp says MM/DD/YYYY ##:## AM/PM.
  11. When you use Inspect Element to edit a Discord message, it will only show up on your screen until you refresh the page. If you want someone else to see the message, you'll need to take a screenshot of it.
    • Make sure to close the Inspect window before you take the screenshot.
    • Use image editing software to crop your screenshot as needed.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Hannah Dillon. Hannah Dillon is a Technology Writer and Editor at wikiHow. She graduated with a B.A. in Journalism from North Dakota State University in 2013 and has since worked in the video game industry as well as a few newspapers. From a young age Hannah has cultivated a love for writing and technology, and hopes to use these passions in tandem to help others in the articles she writes for wikiHow. This article has been viewed 226,434 times.
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