How to Format Text as Code in Discord

On Desktop

1. Open Discord. Click or double-click the Discord app icon, which resembles the white Discord logo on a purple background. This will open the Discord chat window if you're logged in.

   1. If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password and click Login.

2. Select a channel. Click the channel to which you want to send your text in the upper-left side of the page.

3. Click the message text box. This is at the bottom of the Discord window.

4. Press the back-tick key. It's the ` key typically found in the upper-left side of the keyboard on the same key as the tilde (~). Doing so will type one back-tick into the Discord text box.

   1. If you want to format a block of code, skip this step and the next three steps.

5. Enter the text you want to format. Type in the word or phrase you want to format as a line of code.

6. Press the back-tick key again. You should now have one back-tick on each side of the text you're sending as a code.

   1. For example, if you're trying to format the line "I like trains", you would have `I like trains` typed into the text box.

7. Press ↵ Enter. Doing so will format and send your message.

8. Format a block of code. If you want to send a sample of code (e.g., an HTML page) to someone through Discord, you can type three back-ticks (```) before and after the text and then press ↵ Enter.^[1]

   1. For example, to format the code "" as a block, you would type`````` into Discord and press ↵ Enter.
   2. If you want to set a specific language for your code block, type the three apostrophes, type in the language (e.g., css) on the first line, create a new line, and add the rest of your code before typing the closing three apostrophes.