Midjourney Tutorial: Steps to unbind an old Discord and migrate to a new account

This Midjourney tutorial clearly explains a common need: if you want to switch Discord accounts and keep using Midjourney, what to do, what can be migrated, and what cannot. Midjourney login and authorization rely on Discord, so “switching accounts” is essentially re-authorizing and signing in with a new Discord account.

First, confirm: subscriptions and image-generation permissions are usually tied to the old Discord account

In Midjourney, subscription benefits are generally tied to the Discord account (user ID), not to a particular server or channel. That is, after you log in with a new Discord, it may not automatically inherit the old account’s subscription and permissions.

It’s recommended that you first open midjourney.com/account to see which Discord account is currently logged in and whether there is an active subscription and billing cycle. If your goal is to switch accounts completely, you usually need to plan arrangements for “renewing/canceling on the old account” and “subscribing again on the new account.”

Switch the Discord account linked to Midjourney on the web

The first step is to log out on midjourney.com, then click “Sign in” and log in again with the new Discord account and authorize it. During authorization, Discord will pop up a confirmation page; follow the prompts to allow Midjourney to read basic account information.

After logging in successfully, go back to midjourney.com/account and verify that the account information has changed to the new Discord. Once this step is done, your Midjourney web access has already switched to the new account system.

In Discord, let the new account “take over” your image-generation environment

If you previously generated images in a private server/channel, the server itself will not migrate along with Midjourney, but you can invite the new Discord account into the same server to continue using it. The key is to assign appropriate channel permissions to the new account and ensure that the Midjourney bot has been added to that server.

If the old account is the server owner, it’s recommended that you transfer ownership to the new account in Discord’s server settings (otherwise, managing channels later will be restricted). After that, use /info in the channel to check whether the new account has Midjourney access and remaining quota.

If you want to keep the subscription: two more reliable paths

Path 1 is to keep the subscription on the old Discord account and only hand over “image-generation channels/server management” to the new account for collaboration; this is the easiest approach and is least likely to affect billing. Path 2 is to let the old account expire or cancel auto-renewal, then have the new Discord account subscribe to Midjourney again and continue generating images in the same server.

If you truly need to move the subscription from the old Discord to the new Discord, you usually need to contact Midjourney official support for manual handling (whether it’s possible depends on the official response). This is also the most important reminder in this Midjourney tutorial: confirm where the subscription belongs before switching accounts, and you’ll avoid many detours.