Is Midjourney private? What other members, Discord, and Midjourney can see

The Morse teamPublished November 11, 20269 min read

No, Midjourney is not private by default. As of November 2026, every image and video you make can appear on Midjourney's public Explore page unless you pay for the Pro or Mega plan and switch on Stealth Mode. Midjourney also trains its models on what users type, and you can't delete a single image, only your whole account. Stealth Mode doesn't cover anything you make in a shared Discord channel.

We read Midjourney's terms of service (effective May 27, 2026), its privacy policy (last updated September 3, 2026), its plans page, its cookie policy, and more than 20 articles in its help center on November 11, 2026. Midjourney is candid in places. Its help center says in plain words that trashing an image doesn't hide it, and its cookie policy treats a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser as an opt-out.

Midjourney privacy at a glance

As of November 11, 2026, from Midjourney's own pages, linked in the sections below.

Who can see your Midjourney profile and prompts?

Anyone, for anything you didn't make in Stealth Mode; we quote Midjourney's own wording on its Explore page in our Midjourney alternatives comparison.

Your profile page shows more, but only to members. The Profiles article says profiles are "visible only to logged-in Midjourney members," and the Archive tab on yours lists all of your public creations (Midjourney).

Your public images also land in other members' tasks. The Tasks page has a "Curate Explore page" task where members vote on what gets featured, and the help article tells them they can command-click an image for details "like its creator or prompt text" (Midjourney). So other members can read the prompt behind any public image.

Your display name leaves the site with your files, too. The same Profiles article says it's used "in the file names of your downloaded images and videos," so rename a file before you send it if you'd rather it didn't carry your name.

Does Midjourney Stealth Mode make your images private?

Partly. Stealth Mode hides your images and videos from other members on midjourney.com, and as of November 2026 it comes only with the Pro and Mega plans, priced in our Midjourney alternatives comparison.

Some guides still sell the old arrangement. One, marked as reviewed on November 7, 2026, prices privacy as "Basic Plan + $20 Privacy Addon" (Tokenized). Midjourney's terms now refer to "the previously available add-on" (Midjourney), and its plans page, updated November 3, 2026, marks Basic and Standard with a no symbol in the Stealth row and offers nothing to add it (Midjourney).

To turn it on, open the settings panel from the button in the Imagine bar and switch Stealth on, or end a prompt with --stealth. In Discord, type /stealth, and check Visibility Mode with the info command. Your web and Discord settings are synced, so a change in one applies in the other (Midjourney). A new default applies only to future prompts.

Stealth also leaves several things public, from older images to anything you trash, and our Midjourney alternatives comparison lists those limits.

To hide older work after you upgrade, open the Organize page, tick the Published filter, select the images, and choose the private option under More in the bulk actions bar.

Can others in Discord see your Midjourney images?

Yes, everyone in a shared channel can, and Stealth Mode doesn't change that. Where you work decides who sees what.

Where you make a Midjourney image, and who can see it

As of November 11, 2026, from Midjourney's terms, its articles on keeping creations private, Discord DMs, and hosting images in Discord.

The terms put the channel rule in one line: an asset made in "a shared or open space, such as a Discord chatroom, is viewable by anyone in that chatroom, regardless of whether Stealth mode is engaged." A DM isn't private by itself either. Midjourney's DM article reminds subscribers that "these images can be seen by other people on the Midjourney website."

Reference photos follow Discord's rules. The Discord bot needs an image URL, so Midjourney has you upload your photo to Discord first and suggests a DM or private server for it. Once it's there, it's Discord's to keep: Midjourney's privacy FAQ says "Discord is in control of all data you store on Discord" (Midjourney).

Does Midjourney train on your images and prompts?

Yes, and we found no setting that stops it. Midjourney's EU training summary answers "Yes" to whether "user input and prompts" were used to train its models (Midjourney). Our Midjourney alternatives comparison walks through that summary and Midjourney's California disclosure, and which AI companies train on your data sets it beside the chat apps.

Your voice can end up in a prompt. The privacy policy lists among what it collects prompts "generated from spoken input and summarized into text" (Midjourney). That matches Conversational mode, where you talk to an AI that writes the prompt for you, by microphone if you use Draft mode (Midjourney).

Midjourney also collects your taste. Personalization builds a style profile from the images you pick, and the Personalization article says liking other members' images on Explore also shapes your Global Profile (Midjourney). The Tasks page adds surveys that, in Midjourney's words, "explore the fascinating intersection of personality and aesthetics." The California section of the privacy policy says Midjourney collects "Inferences" that could build a profile of your preferences and traits, and protected characteristics such as religion or sexual orientation, "only the information you share upon consent as part of an applicable survey." Skip the surveys if you'd rather not add to that profile.

Can you delete Midjourney images?

Not one at a time. Midjourney's Organize article says "You cannot delete individual creations," and points anyone who wants images gone for good to deleting the whole account (Midjourney). Trash only hides an image from your own pages, not from other members. In Discord, the X emoji reaction sends an image to that same trash.

To delete everything, go to midjourney.com/account and follow "How can I delete my account?" at the bottom of the page. Your subscription is cancelled at once, you have 7 days to reverse the request, and the account and its data are deleted "within 30 days" (Midjourney). A deleted account "cannot be restored," so save what you need first (Midjourney). You can ask for a copy of your data from your Account Settings page before you go.

Some things outlast a deletion, including the license you gave Midjourney over your prompts and images. Style codes also outlive the profiles they came from: deleting a Personalization profile or a moodboard stops new data going in, but "any codes that were already created will still work" (Midjourney). Your Global Profile can't be deleted at all. Moodboards accept photos uploaded from your device, so think twice before adding a personal one.

Short of a deletion request, the privacy policy sets no fixed period. Midjourney keeps personal data "only for as long as is necessary," on its servers in the US.

Who else can get your Midjourney data?

Advertisers, and anyone Midjourney reports you to. Midjourney's cookie policy lists Google and Facebook cookies under advertising (Midjourney). The privacy policy says Midjourney doesn't sell your information but may share it through those cookies, and its privacy FAQ says you can change your cookie preferences on the Account Settings page. In the EU, the UK, and Switzerland, non-essential advertising cookies need your explicit consent.

The terms let Midjourney report suspected unlawful activity and hand over "user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information" (Midjourney).

How to make Midjourney as private as it gets

1. Subscribe to Pro or Mega and turn on Stealth before your first prompt.
2. Make older public images private from the Organize page.
3. Work on the Create page or in a DM with the bot, never in a shared channel.
4. Upload reference photos on the website or in a DM.
5. Pick upscaled images, not private grids, for your profile picture, banner, or spotlight, since Midjourney's Profiles page says choosing a private one makes it public "along with the other images/videos from the same grid."
6. Turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser, or opt out of ad sharing in Account Settings.
7. Rename downloaded files if you don't want your display name on them.
8. To remove everything, save what you need and delete the account.

How Morse keeps your images in your browser

Stealth Mode, the trash, and a deleted moodboard all leave your work where it was, because Midjourney's own help says "You cannot delete individual creations." Morse's Studio stores the images you make in your own browser, encrypted, and that's the same on the Free plan as on Pro.

• Stored on your device from the first image. A free account, with no card, gets 3 Studio images a day, stored just like a paying account's.
• Pro at $19, not $60. Pro, at $19 a month or $17 a month billed yearly, opens unlimited use of the Pro image models, including unfiltered ones, which only paid plans get.
• No training, selling, or ads. Morse doesn't train AI on what you make, doesn't sell your data, and shows no ads, and the app has no advertising trackers or third-party analytics.
• Unreadable while you're signed out. Signing out locks your images. Opening them again takes a key kept on your device plus a second key Morse gives you when you sign in, so a copy of the browser's files alone can't be read.
• Deletion you control. Your Studio images are stored in your browser, so clearing it or deleting your account removes them.

Midjourney collects even the prompts you speak in Conversational mode. On Morse, a prompt you work out in words first, in a Private chat with an open model such as DeepSeek or GLM, goes to hosts that agreed to keep nothing, because Morse has zero data retention agreements with its inference, search, and other providers.

Morse is for adults only, and users confirm they're 18 or older. For how Studio scores against other image apps, see the best private AI image generator.

Create a free account, with no card, and make your first Studio image today.