Platform
Discord moderation limits and retention
The platform ceilings on native moderation — timeout duration, audit log retention, and what Discord does not keep.
Ceilings
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Maximum timeout duration | 28 days |
| Audit log retention | 45 days |
| Bulk delete age limit | 14 days |
| Bulk delete batch size | 2–100 messages |
What the platform does not keep
Two absences drive most third-party moderation tooling:
- The audit log forgets after 45 days. Six and a half weeks after an incident, Discord cannot tell you who deleted the channel or who issued the ban.
- The audit log never stores message content. It records that a message was deleted, not what it said.
Any bot offering longer history or deleted-message content is storing that itself — which is worth knowing both for trusting it and for understanding what you lose if you remove it.
Vetox keeps its own moderation case history and logging, with per-member queryable history that outlives the platform window. Logging and case history are on the free Starter tier.
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