# Permissions and privacy: what NoCap Bots can access

Source: https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/permissions
Last updated: 2026-11-06

> Signing in shares your username, avatar, server list and verified email — never your messages. The bots need only View Channels, Connect and Speak. Anyone with Manage Server can set a server up, and you can take any of it back from Discord.

## Signing in with Discord

You sign in on Discord's own page, so NoCap Bots never sees your password. Discord asks you to share three things:

| Discord scope | What NoCap Bots uses it for |
| --- | --- |
| `identify` | Your username and avatar, to show who's signed in. |
| `guilds` | The servers you're in and whether you can manage each, so the dashboard lists the right ones. |
| `email` | Your verified email, only so a server owner can invite you as a [manager](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/managers.md). |

That's all. NoCap Bots can't read your messages or DMs, join servers for you, or post as you — it never asks for those.

## What the bots can do

| Bot permission | Why |
| --- | --- |
| View Channels | To see the voice channels you pick. |
| Connect | To join the callers' channel and your party channels. |
| Speak | So the speaker bots can play the call into party channels. |

Nothing else: no Administrator, no managing roles or members, no reading messages. The Callout bot's invite also adds its slash commands. For private channels, give the bots' role these three permissions there — see [private channels](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/voice-relay/speaker-bots.md#private-channels).

## Who can set up a server

- The server's owner, and anyone with **Manage Server** or **Administrator** in Discord, sees it on their dashboard.
- Whoever sets it up first owns it on NoCap Bots. Another admin can [request a transfer](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/billing.md#server-transfers).
- Anyone else needs the owner to invite them as a [manager](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/managers.md).

> **Tip: Server not on your dashboard?.** You need Manage Server there. Once an admin gives it to you, the dashboard picks it up within a minute.

## Who can do what

| Who | Can |
| --- | --- |
| Owner | Everything, including billing and managers. |
| Manager | What the owner allows: configuration, billing or managers — see [manager permissions](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/managers.md#permissions). |
| Starter role | Run `/start` and `/stop`. |
| Primary and backup caller roles | Be relayed to every party — see [voice priority](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/voice-relay/configuration.md#voice-priority-filtering). |
| Priority Speaker | Reach the callers with [talk back](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/voice-relay/talk-back.md). |
| Everyone | Run `/status` and `/ping`. |

## Taking it back

1. **Sign out.** From the menu under your avatar. That ends the session in this browser.
2. **Remove the app.** In Discord, User Settings → Authorized Apps, remove Callout. It can no longer read your profile or server list.
3. **Remove the bots.** Kick the Callout bot and its speaker bots from your server, or take the permissions away from their role.
4. **Delete your account.** Account → Delete account removes what NoCap Bots stores about you. Cancel any subscription first — see [your account](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/billing.md#account).

## Related guides

- [Managers: share the dashboard with your officers](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/managers.md): Invite managers to a NoCap Bots server by email or Discord username and choose what they can touch: configuration, billing or other managers.
- [Speaker bots: one bot per party channel](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/voice-relay/speaker-bots.md): How the Callout speaker bots work: one slot per channel on your plan, an invite button each, picking channels, private channels and stage channels.
- [Plans, billing and transfers](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/billing.md): NoCap Bots plans and billing: free trial, upgrading, cancelling, payment details, moving a subscription to a new server and server transfer requests.
- [Troubleshooting Voice Relay](https://www.nocapbots.com/docs/voice-relay/troubleshooting.md): Fix common Voice Relay problems: /start won't run, nobody hears the caller, a bot can't access a channel, a full channel, an offline bot or a dead priority key.