# Ephemeral Message

> A reply visible only to the member who triggered it. Ephemeral responses are not stored in channel history, cannot be linked, and disappear when the client reloads.

- Canonical: https://discordtools.blog/glossary/ephemeral-message
- Group: Platform
- See also: https://discordtools.blog/glossary/interaction, https://discordtools.blog/glossary/slash-command
- Updated: 2026-08-31
- Publication: The Index, an independent site not affiliated with Discord Inc.

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Ephemeral replies are how bots confirm an action without adding noise to a channel. They
cannot be edited by another user, reacted to, or retrieved later, which makes them unsuitable
for anything a moderator may need to reference — a moderation case needs a real log entry.