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AFK Voice Channel

What it does

Section titled “What it does”

When someone has no voice activity in a voice channel for a minimum amount of time, Discord automatically moves them to a dedicated voice channel for AFK people. In this channel nobody can use voice activity — not even the server owner.

This is handy for flagging users who haven’t been present for a while. It also helps with people who fall asleep on a call or forget they’re still connected: with a low enough threshold, they’ll be moved before they make any sound (or at least it’s better than nothing), so they end up in a “safe space” automatically.

After the move, Discord shows a popup in the user’s app letting them know what happened.

A Discord popup titled 'Hello, anyone there?' explaining that the user has been moved to the inactive channel, with a 'Don't show me this again' checkbox and an Okay button.
The notice Discord shows after moving someone to the inactive channel.
A Discord voice channel named 'AFK' with a member connected and the 'Voice Connected' status shown.
A member who has been moved into the AFK voice channel.

Server settings

Section titled “Server settings”

Set which channel members are moved to under Inactive Channel, and how long they can stay idle before being moved under Inactive Time-Out.

Discord's Inactive Channel and Inactive Time-Out settings, with the channel set to 'AFK' and the time-out set to 5 minutes.
Inactive Channel set to AFK with a 5-minute time-out. This does not affect browsers.