Permission bit 5
High value 32Manage Server: what it really covers
Manage Server is the settings permission, and settings include the invite list and the vanity URL - the two things that decide who can reach your community.
Allows management and editing of the guild
Discord · 2026-08-30
What the bit grants
Manage Server is bit 5, decimal value 32. Discord documents it as "Allows management and editing of the guild".
That covers the server name and icon, region and system settings, the integrations list, and - the part people underestimate - the server's invites, including the vanity URL where the server has one.
Why an app would ask for it
Invite-tracking apps need it: attributing a join to an inviter means reading the invite list and its use counts. That is a real requirement, not an over-request.
Analytics apps sometimes ask for it to read server-level settings and features. Moderation apps ask for it to manage integrations and server configuration from a dashboard.
An app that has no stated reason to touch invites or settings and still requests it is worth a second look.
The invite angle
Because Manage Server exposes the invite list, an app holding it can see every active invite, who created them and how often each has been used. It can also create new ones - though Create Invite is a separate bit for that specific action.
If your concern is invite integrity specifically, the Invite Checker in this catalog answers where a given code points and whether that has changed, without needing any permission on your server at all.
Decode an install link
Parsed locally. The link is never requested and nothing is authorised.