Dual Boot

caution

This feature requires some basic computer literacy.

BetterDiscord allows you to return to vanilla Discord functionality without having to remove BetterDiscord. This is useful for those that like to switch back and forth. This is done using the --vanilla command line flag. There are two ways this can be used. You can either do this as a one-off or setup a shortcut for yourself to easily boot between normal Discord and BetterDiscord.

One-off

Running vanilla Discord as a one-off means next time you launch Discord, BetterDiscord will be enabled.

windows

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Right-click your existing Discord shortcut and select Properties
3. Copy the Target field
4. Open command prompt by pressing ⊞ win+r
5. Paste the value of the Target field and add a space and --vanilla at the end
6. Click OK or press Enter

mac

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Open iTerm app (⌘ Command+Spacebar)
3. Paste and run open /Applications/Discord.app --args --vanilla

linux

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Open preferred terminal
3. Run discord --vanilla

Shortcut

Creating a separate shortcut makes it easy to launch with either vanilla Discord or with BetterDiscord.

windows

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Right-click your existing Discord shortcut and select Create Shortcut
3. Right-click the new shortcut Discord (2) and select Properties
4. In the target field add a space followed by --vanilla at the end of the field
5. Click OK
6. Rename your new shortcut to something like Discord Vanilla

mac

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Open the Automator app (⌘ Command+Spacebar)
3. Select New Document then Application
4. From the menu on the left drag Run Shell Script to the right-hand side.
5. On the right, in the textbox that appears, paste in open -a '/Applications/Discord.app' --args --vanilla
6. At the top, name your application something like Discord Vanilla and set Where to be the Applications folder
7. Go to File > Save to finalize

linux

1. Ensure Discord is fully closed
2. Create a new bash script (vanilla.sh) using a terminal editor such as nano
3. The first line of the script should be the bash shebang such as #!/bin/bash
4. On the next line put discord --vanilla
5. Save the script and run chmod +x vanilla.sh
6. Put the file on your distro's desktop for easy use