Discord member backup

A Discord member backup is a saved list of members who gave an app permission to add them to a server later, so you can bring them back after a raid, a nuke, a ban, or a deleted server. Discord has no built-in member backup. With VaultCord, every member who verifies is backed up automatically, and you can check the count at any time with /usercount.

This is for owners who want their members safe before anything goes wrong. The one limit that decides everything: a member backup only holds people who verified. You cannot back up members after the server is gone, so set it up now and get as many members as you can to verify.

What is a Discord member backup?

A Discord member backup is a list of members who approved Discord’s authorization screen for an app, including permission to be added to servers. It is not a copy of their accounts. It is their permission, saved.

That permission is what makes a restore possible. Discord’s developer documentation says an app can add a user to a server “provided you have a valid oauth2 access token for the user with the guilds.join scope.” A backup bot that never asks for that permission cannot add anyone back. A member backup is the list of people who did grant it.

What a member backup saves

VaultCord saves, for each member who verifies:

• Their Discord ID and username
• When they verified
• Their authorization to be added to servers
• Their email and IP, which the dashboard shows only on paid plans

Members can redact their own IP and email at any time on the opt-out page by entering their Discord ID. Premium and Plus can also save each member’s roles and apply them in a new server.

Set up a member backup

Set it up once and every future member who verifies is added to the backup.

1. Create a free account at the VaultCord dashboard by signing in with Discord.
2. Add the bot and pick a role. Invite VaultCord to your server and choose the role members get after verifying. Drag the bot’s role above it so it can give the role.
3. Lock the rest of the server. Let @everyone see only #rules and #verify, and give the verified role access to everything else.
4. Post the verify message. Run /verify-embed in #verify, or send it from the dashboard.
5. Check the count. Run /usercount to see how many verified, pullable members you have.

The full feature page is Discord member backup and pulling.

Get more members to verify

A member backup is only as big as the number of people who verify. Make it easy and explain why.

• Welcome DMs. Turn on Welcome Message so every new member gets the verify link by DM, and set a Reminder Duration for one more DM later. Both are on the free plan.
• A “Why?” button. /verify-embed can show a “Why?” button that explains the step before anyone clicks.
• Ask existing members. People who joined before the verify step existed are not backed up. Post an announcement asking them to verify once.
• Answer the permission question. Some members hesitate at “Join servers for you.” Should you accept that permission? explains it in plain words.

Keep the backup clean

A clean backup tells you the real number of people you could bring back. VaultCord has three commands for it:

• /usercount checks the number of verified, pullable members.
• /delunauthed deletes members who removed VaultCord from their Authorized Apps, since they cannot be pulled anyway.
• /deluser deletes a single member, useful when alt detection flags an old account you want gone.

Automate the recovery

On paid plans, VaultCord can react to a lost server before you do.

• Server Deletion Alerts emails you if your Discord server is nuked, raided, or deleted. You give it a permanent invite link to watch and an email address.
• Automatic Pull starts pulling members automatically when your server is deleted or raided. It keeps a permanent invite in a backup server so the recovery has somewhere to go.
• Gateway Discord Server, on Premium, adds every member who verifies to a second server as well. That gives you a ready backup server or a partner community.

Back up the server too

A member backup brings the people back. A server backup brings the channels and roles back. After a nuke you usually need both.

VaultCord Free saves channels, roles, permissions, categories, and server settings. Premium and Plus add up to 350 of the latest messages per channel. How that compares with Xenon and others is in Discord backup bot. When the day comes, the restore steps are in How to restore Discord members.

What each plan includes

Prices are the monthly amounts on the upgrade page, read November 14, 2026.

Where people get stuck

• Old members never verified. They are not in the backup. Ask them once, in an announcement.
• The bot role is below the verified role. The bot cannot give the role, so verification looks broken. Drag the bot role higher.
• Members unlinked the app. Anyone who removed VaultCord from Authorized Apps cannot be pulled. Run /delunauthed to see the real count.
• Setting it up after the loss. A member backup made after the server is gone is empty. Set it up while the server is fine.

Frequently asked questions

How do I back up my Discord members for free?

Add VaultCord, choose a verified role, and post /verify-embed. Every member who verifies is backed up, and the free plan lists unlimited restorable members.

Can I back up members who never verified?

No. A member backup needs each member’s permission to be added to servers, and only verifying grants it.

Does a member backup save messages?

No. Messages are part of a server backup. Premium and Plus back up up to 350 of the latest messages per channel.

Where can I restore my members?

To the same server or any other server the VaultCord bot is in, from the dashboard’s Pull Members or with /pull.

What happens if my Discord server is deleted?

Your member backup is not tied to that server. Make a new server, add the bot, and pull. On paid plans, Automatic Pull can start that for you.

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