If you’re a Discord user on Windows, there’s a good chance that you’re using the built-in Discord client. However, if you want to disable Discord on startup, there are a few steps that you can take. First, open the Start menu and type “cmd” into the search bar. Then click on the “cmd” shortcut and press enter. This will open up a new window with the “cmd” command line tool. Next, type “netstat -a” into the command line tool and press enter. This will show you all of the active connections on your computer. You’ll see something like this: tcp 0 0 0:0:0: [Discord] [UDP] [OpenVPN] [L2TP/IPsec] tcp 1 0 0:0:0: [Discord] [UDP] [OpenVPN] tcp 3 0 0:0:0: [Discord] [UDP] [OpenVPN] tcp 6 2 8::1:[Discord][OpenVPN][L2TP/IPsec]) tcp 7 2 8::1:[Discord][OpenVPN][L2TP/IPsec]) udp 3 4 9::1:[Discord][OpenVPN][L2TP/IPsec]) UDP port 6667
First, open the Discord app and log in to your account (if necessary). Click the gear icon in the lower-left corner of the Discord app window to open User Settings.
In User Settings, click “Windows Settings” in the sidebar.
On the Windows Settings page, click the switch beside “Open Discord” to turn it off. This will prevent Discord from opening at startup.
After that, click the “X” in the upper-right corner or hit Escape to exit User Settings, and you’re good to go. The next time that you restart or start up Windows, Discord will no longer launch.
When you’re ready to start up Discord voluntarily, just click the Start menu, search for “Discord,” and hit Enter. Happy chatting!
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