» What does 'idle' mean in Discord? How to tell if a Discord user has been inactive for a period of time, or set your status as 'idle' What does 'idle' mean in Discord? How to tell if a Discord user has been inactive for a period of time, or set your status as 'idle' Chrissy MontelliJan 1, 2021, 01:47 IST Discord lets you manually mark your status as idle if you don't want to people to know you're active.Shutterstock On Discord, "Idle" status usually means that the user has Discord open on their computer or web browser but hasn't looked at it in a while.