Midjourney User Guide: How to Register Discord, Link Your Email, and Switch Accounts

This Midjourney tutorial covers only three things: how to register and get into Midjourney, how to properly bind your account information, and how to switch accounts safely when you need to. Midjourney mainly runs on Discord. The process isn’t complicated, but beginners often get stuck on authorization and finding the right channels.

Register Discord and enter the Midjourney server

First, prepare a usable Discord account: after registering on the official Discord website, it’s recommended to complete email verification immediately to avoid restrictions when joining servers later. Next, open the Midjourney official website and click “Join the Beta/Join,” which will redirect you to a Discord invite page. Confirm to join the Midjourney server.

After joining, find the beginner-friendly “newbies” or “general” channels in the server sidebar, and start generating by typing /imagine in the input box. Midjourney’s command entry is in the chat box; no additional plugins need to be installed.

Log in on the Midjourney website and complete your account information

Many settings need to be done on the Midjourney website: after logging into the Midjourney site with the same Discord account, first check whether you can see your Gallery. If the web page stays blank, it’s usually because the Discord account you logged in with is not the same one you’re actually using.

It’s recommended to keep your nickname and avatar stable in Discord as well, so you can identify the account on the Midjourney website. If you have multiple Discord accounts, don’t frequently authorize back and forth in the same browser, as it can easily mess up Midjourney’s login state.

Link email and basic security settings

Midjourney itself relies on your Discord identity, so the most important part of “linking email” is completing Discord email verification and enabling two-factor authentication (2FA). In Discord settings, go to “My Account/Account” to confirm your email is verified, then go to “Password and Authentication” to enable an authenticator.

The benefit is: even if you’re only using Midjourney to create images, if your account is stolen it will also affect server permissions and the security of your direct messages. The Midjourney experience depends heavily on your Discord account status, so don’t skip this step.

Switching accounts: multiple accounts on the same device and the most reliable approach

Switching a Midjourney account is essentially switching a Discord account. The most reliable method is: log into only one Discord account per browser; when you need to switch, first log out in Discord web, then go to the Midjourney website and click “Sign out/Sign out,” and finally re-authorize with the new account.

If you want to save effort, you can use different browsers or incognito/private windows to log into different Discord accounts separately, so Midjourney authorizations don’t affect each other. After switching, remember to confirm on the Midjourney website that the Gallery corresponds to the new account, to avoid sending prompts with the wrong account and ending up with your work scattered across accounts.