- Discord has announced a global rollout in March of its age verification policies
- The announcement has proven to be comically unpopular with Discord users
- Here we describe how to cancel your Discord Nitro subscription
Discord users have resoundingly rejected an announcement from the company detailing the expansion of its age verification policies. Many are now moving to cancel their Discord Nitro subscriptions and here I will detail how you can too.
As confirmed by an official Discord press release, the provider of the popular messaging app says it will begin “with a gradual global rollout to new and existing users in early March,” adding that: “users may be asked to participate in an age verification process to change certain settings or access sensitive content. This includes age-restricted channels, servers or commands, and select message requests.”
The policy was originally introduced in the UK and Australia to align with those countries’ own age verification laws. After that, last October, a massive data breach saw the theft of around 70,000 Discord user IDs, with hackers allegedly pulling them from a third-party system the app used for age verification purposes.
How to cancel your Discord Nitro subscription
Canceling your Discord Nitro subscription is easy, and thankfully the app doesn’t make you jump through hoops to complete the process. The cancellation process is more or less the same across Discord’s desktop and mobile apps, as well as the browser version.
Simply click on the Settings icon (depicted with a gear) in the lower left corner of the screen. On mobile, tap the ‘You’ icon (which shows your Discord profile picture), then the Settings gear in the top right.
From here, scroll down to ‘Billing Settings’ and find the ‘Subscriptions’ option. On mobile it’s a little different again; under ‘Billing Settings’ look for the ‘Manage Nitro’ option.
Once here, simply select ‘Cancel’ and follow the instructions to end your Discord Nitro subscription. You will be able to access the Service until what would have been your next billing date, at which point you will return to the standard Discord experience.
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