Discord is a platform that works with VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution, allowing users to make phone and video calls, send text messages and media files. This can also be done through “servers”, which are collections of both chat and voice channels that can be accessed through an invite link. This is the core feature that makes Discord such a popular choice for keeping up with friends, family, coworkers or professors at college.

This platform came to life when one of its creators noticed there weren’t any really good VoIP platforms for planning and working out strategies with his team during online games. He decided to create it himself and so, the developing process for Discord began. The main target of the team was to have a minimal impact on the device performance, so games didn’t have any stuttering and communication could be instantaneous. Even though the company started with that idea, they didn’t purposely make any marketing targeting a specific audience, Discord became widely known and used in gaming communities, as well as tournaments and even many subreddits.

It’s important to stress that Discord does not cater exclusively to gamers and Redditors. There are a lot of institutions that use this platform for academic purposes, from professors that use it to impart classes and share academic activities to their students, to research and study groups. Discord groups can also be found amongst neighborhoods, businesses, hobbyists and pretty much anything that requires group communication.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the app got a massive user increase with 350 million registered users in 2021. Because of this enormous growth, Discord decided to become a more inclusive company, changing its slogan several times, branding and interface. As with many changes in branding made by bigger companies, this move received some backlash from regular users.

Although Discord has more to offer than most similar companies, it has been involved in its own share of controversies. Most of these, of course, revolve around privacy and user protection on servers. Harassment by others because of religion, race and politics is commonly cited on the platform. It also became popular on the alt-right and neo-nazi communities and, due to this, Discord banned and deleted some users and channels and now is “focused on protecting users from spams, scams, and fraud”.

Because of this, it’s normal that some users don’t want their personal information on this platform. However, it’s mandatory that users enter their phone number in order to be part of the Discord community, so what can you do if you don’t want to give your number? Easy, get a virtual number.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to bypass SMS verification to create a Discord account on mobile, but keep in mind that this guide is for US residents so now it’s the time to get a VPN or residential proxy to follow these steps if you don’t live in the United States.

Step 1: Download Discord.

On your device app store, enter “Discord” on the search bar, and install the first option.

Open the app once installed on your mobile, and click on “Register”.

The first thing you’ll have to do is to enter your phone number. Don´t do it yet, you’ll need a Non-VoIP number.

Step 2: Get a number

To acquire your new temporary number, you have to go to our page and sign in, if you don’t have an account you’ll have to sign up. You can find both of these options on our page’s top menu.

Now, make sure the top tab says “United States”, and go to “Services” and click on “Short-term numbers”.

You’ll see a few numbers available for purchase, however, we’re interested in the one for Discord. To find it, type “Discord” on the search bar and click on the blue “Purchase” button.

Mark the checkbox to confirm your purchase and verify you’re buying the right number, after that click on “Next”.

Now, you should be seeing your virtual number! Just type it on to Discord, and hit “Next”.

Before you enter the code, you’ll need to confirm you’re not a robot, after you do that, click on “Next” on our page.

Step 3: Time to verify

After you get the code, type it on Discord, after that you’ll be asked to finish up your profile.

Step 4: Setting up your account

Finish up the registration process by adding your username, password and birthday.

Then, you can choose to find friends or skip this section, and to join or not a server.

And now you’re set! Welcome to Discord.

You’ve now completed the registration process and are able to join servers, channels and hang out online with your friends. The best thing about all this is that you could do it without giving away your phone number and using our virtual numbers for Discord instead.