Midjourney User Guide: Register an account, link Discord, and complete your first image generation

This Midjourney user guide covers only three things: how to register and log in, how to properly link Midjourney with Discord, and how to successfully complete your first image generation. Follow the steps and you’ll largely avoid common sticking points like “the bot isn’t responding” or “can’t find the generated results.”

Preparation: Get a Discord account first, then go to the Midjourney website

Midjourney’s core interactions rely on Discord, so the first step is to prepare a Discord account that you can log into normally and complete email verification. Next, open the Midjourney website. When you click Log In, it will typically guide you to authorize via Discord; this step completes the connection between Midjourney and Discord.

If you use a browser with multiple profiles/accounts, it’s recommended to first confirm which Discord account is currently logged in within that browser. Midjourney will follow the Discord account you authorize with; choosing the wrong account can lead to confusion later, like “I subscribed but don’t have access.”

Linking and joining a server: Make the Midjourney bot appear in a channel you can use

After completing authorization, go back to Discord. You need to enter a server channel that has the Midjourney bot. The most common approach is to use Midjourney in the official server’s newbie channels, or invite the Midjourney bot to your own server for easier long-term management of your work and prompts.

If you can’t see the Midjourney bot in your own server, it’s usually because insufficient permissions were granted during the invite. Make sure you have “Send Messages / Use Application Commands” permissions in the target channel; otherwise, your Midjourney commands may be sent but the bot might not execute them.

First image generation: Run through the full process with /imagine

In an available channel, type “/imagine”, then write your description in the prompt—such as subject, style, camera, lighting, etc. After Midjourney receives the command, it will queue the job, first producing a 2×2 preview grid, then providing buttons for Upscale (U) and Variations (V) so you can keep iterating.

To make results more controllable, you can add common parameters at the end of the prompt, such as “--ar 16:9” to adjust aspect ratio and “--stylize” to adjust style strength. When using Midjourney for the first time, it’s recommended to use fewer parameters—get the workflow running smoothly first, then gradually increase complexity.

Switching accounts and common sticking points: How to handle works, permissions, and message display

If you need to switch Midjourney accounts, essentially you’re switching Discord accounts: log out on the Midjourney website first, then switch to the target account in Discord and re-authorize to log in again. Subscriptions and generation history typically don’t carry over between different Discord accounts, so it’s best to confirm you’re using the account tied to the subscription you want before switching.

If Midjourney “doesn’t respond,” check three things first: whether you sent the command in a channel where you have permissions, whether you sent the command as plain text (you must use slash commands), and whether the channel is being spammed so you missed the result. If that still doesn’t help, go to the Works page on the Midjourney website to check the task history—often the image has already been generated, but the Discord message got pushed up and out of view.