---
title: "Set slowmode on a channel"
description: "Slow a channel down when it gets busy, on one channel or several at once, and lift it again when things calm down."
canonical_url: "https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/slowmode"
last_updated: "2026-10-05"
---

# Set slowmode on a channel

Slow a channel down when it gets busy, on one channel or several at once, and lift it again when things calm down.

Categories: Channels & categories, Moderation.

## The request

"@Bond Put a 30 second slowmode on #general for now"

## What Bond does after the first message

- List all channels in the Discord server: names, types (text, voice, category, forum, media, stage, announcement), IDs and parent category. (`list_channels`)
- Create one text, voice, forum, media, stage, or announcement channel, optionally inside a category, whose permissions it adopts. (`create_channel`)
- Delete a channel and every message in it. (`delete_channel`)
- Create up to 20 channels of mixed types, such as text, voice, forum and stage, across existing categories in one step. (`bulk_create_channels`)
- Edit a channel's settings: name, topic, slowmode, NSFW status, position, voice region or video quality, and thread defaults. (`edit_channel`)
- Set the slowmode (rate limit) on a text channel: members must wait this many seconds between messages. (`set_slowmode`)
- Kick a member out of the Discord server. (`kick_member`)
- Ban a user from the Discord server until they are unbanned, optionally deleting up to 7 days of their recent messages. (`ban_member`)
- Lift a ban so the person can rejoin with an invite. (`unban_member`)
- Time a member out, Discord's built-in mute: no messages, reactions or voice until it expires, which it does on its own. (`timeout_member`)
- Lift a member's active timeout early, so they can send messages, react and join voice again immediately. (`remove_timeout`)
- List the Discord server's bans, each with the banned user's ID, username and ban reason. (`list_bans`)

See also: [all channels & categories tools](https://www.bondbot.gg/tools/channels), [all moderation tools](https://www.bondbot.gg/tools/moderation).

## More in moderation and cleanup

- [Moderate your server with plain English rules](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/moderation): Timeouts, bans and cleanup driven by rules you describe in words, with every action checked against your real Discord permissions.
- [Configure AutoMod rules](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/automod): Set up Discord's native AutoMod by describing the rule you want: blocked words, invite links, spam and mention floods.
- [Bulk delete and clean up messages](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/bulk-delete-messages): Clear spam, prune old posts and tidy channels in bulk, without clicking through messages one at a time.
- [Auto-delete messages in a channel](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/auto-delete-messages): Keep a bot-commands or memes channel from growing forever by clearing it out on a schedule.
- [Log moderation actions to a channel](https://www.bondbot.gg/use-cases/mod-log): Keep a record of bans, unbans, role changes and channel edits in a staff channel, so nobody has to scroll the audit log.