Discord is an application that allows instant messaging and it comes with some features that help to enhance the way of interaction between the user and the application. One such feature in Discord is a game overlay feature that allows the user to see important notifications along with calls and messages.
It lets you communicate easily even if you are in the game.
The following topics related to the game overlay feature will be discussed in detail:
- What is the Game Overlay Feature of Discord?
- How to Enable Discord Game Overlay Feature?
- How to Disable Discord Game Overlay Feature?
- Conclusion
1. What is the Game Overlay Feature of Discord?
You were about to miss an important notification if the overlay was not enabled. To keep track of all the notifications including important calls and messages, the Overlay is an important feature introduced by Discord. This feature allows the establishment of the usual communication while playing games. By default, the short key to enable or disable the game overlay feature is Shift + `.
2. How to Enable Discord Game Overlay Feature?
To enable the game overlay feature of Discord follow the steps mentioned below.
The first and foremost step is to navigate to the settings at the bottom left corner of Discord as depicted in the screenshot below:
In the next step, scroll down on the left pane and the Game Overlay option appears in the Activity Settings.
A window appears on the right side, click on the Enable-in-game-overlay option as shown below:
When the overlay option is enabled, now it is time to move to the option of Registered Games in the left pane as depicted below:
Click on the Toggle Overlay icon as marked below:
This method helps to enable the game overlay option in Discord.
3. How to Disable Discord Game Overlay Feature?
Let us now move to the next part which is to disable the game overlay option in Discord. To disable the game overlay feature in Discord follow the steps mentioned below.
Navigate to the settings at the bottom left corner as depicted in the screenshot below:
In the next step, scroll down on the left pane and click on the Game Overlay option that appears in the Activity Settings.
Now, click on the box as depicted below to disable the feature of the game overlay. If the feature is enabled it appears to be green and after it is disabled it appears grey as shown below:
Now, navigate to the Registered Games tab:
Click on the Toggle Overlay option if it is not crossed. As soon as you click the option for toggle overlay is disabled.
This concludes the method to enable and disable the game overlay feature in Discord.
Conclusion
To enable or disable the game overlay feature in Discord navigate to the settings at the left bottom. The game overlay option that appears in the left pane helps to enable or disable the option as per your need.
In this article, we have gone through a method to enable or disable the game overlay feature in Discord.
