How to back up a Discord server
A raid, a wrong click or a compromised admin can erase months of setup. There are two ways to protect a server: Discord's server template and a backup bot. They do not keep the same things.
Discord's server template
A template is a code that creates a new server from a snapshot of the original one. Discord's documentation shows settings, roles, channels and their permissions in that snapshot. It works for duplicating a structure, not for repairing an attacked server: it restores nothing on the existing server.
What Backup King saves
Messages and members are not part of a backup.
- Roles, with their colors and permissions.
- Categories and channels, with their permissions.
- AutoMod rules.
- Emojis, stickers and soundboard sounds.
- The server icon, banners, name and description.
- With Premium: bans with their reasons, and onboarding prompts.
Back up in four steps
- Add Backup King to your server.
- Run /backup create and choose the parts to keep.
- Note the backup ID. /backup list finds it again.
- Run /backup auto for an automatic backup every 14 days on the free plan.
Restore a server
/backup load with the backup ID is reserved for the server owner. A restore follows Discord's limits: 250 roles, 500 channels, 50 categories, and emoji, sticker and sound slots that depend on the boost level.
Before you start
- The free plan keeps 1 backup per server, against 3 with Plus and 10 with Pro.
- On the free plan, saved emojis are made public in the discordbot.fr catalog. With Premium they stay private.
- Stickers and sounds stay inside the private backup.
- Run a manual backup before any big change to roles or channels.