Four Methods to Locate Discord Users
Discord, the popular communication platform for gamers and communities, offers several ways to find users, but the options are limited when it comes to searching for users by User ID.
In the Discord client itself, you cannot search for users globally by User ID. However, you can add friends using exact usernames with a tag (e.g., Username#1234). Third-party tools like MEE6 and Zapier are primarily designed for server moderation, automation, or workflow tasks, not for user lookup by ID outside the context of a specific server.
If you have a bot with appropriate permissions in a Discord server, it can fetch user information by ID using Discord's API. For example, if you run a bot, you can use an API call like in a Discord bot script to get user info, but only for users known to that bot (e.g., members of servers the bot is in).
It's important to note that there is no third-party tool publicly available that scans or exposes Discord users by User ID across the entire platform. This is due to privacy and API restrictions.
However, if you have the User ID and share a common server, you can manually check in that server's member list or use a bot to look up the ID within that server. If you want to do this with your own bot, developer documentation on Discord's API will guide the exact API calls to fetch user info by ID.
In a shared Discord server, you can use the search bar with a user's Discord username or server profile name to find them. If a user has changed their server profile name, you can still find them by searching using their original server profile name.
Discord also offers a Quick Switcher Tool that can be used on a computer, phone, or tablet to find someone in a shared Discord server. Additionally, sites like Discord Lookup or Unofficial Discord Lookup can be used to find out more information about a user's account info using their User ID.
To make finding friends easier, you can import friends from your phone's contacts if the user you're looking for is in your contacts and has opted to be discoverable. You can also copy a user's ID by right-clicking on their name in a channel or chat (desktop) or pressing and holding on their name (mobile).
In conclusion, while Discord does not offer a public or universal "user search by User ID" third-party tool, there are powerful search tools within Discord and other methods to find users in shared servers or conversations.
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