How to remove or change the default help command?

Question

How do you remove or at least change the format of the default help command in discord.py?

I think changing the format would be nice, I don't really like the format at all.

Answer 1

Try this:

bot.remove_command('help')

Put this at the top of your code, after your imports. Then create your own.

Or to format it check this out: Click here!

Answer 2

The proper way to disable the help command according to the docs is to pass help_command=None into the constructor for discord.ext.commands.Bot, such as:

bot = commands.Bot(help_command=None)

or

class MyBot(commands.Bot):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(help_command=None)

This also allows you the opportunity to pass your own help function into the help_command argument for different formatting.

Answer 3

You don't really need to remove the command... It isn't good, using the (prefix)help commandname <- It wont appear then... If you want it embed you can do.

class NewHelpName(commands.MinimalHelpCommand):
    async def send_pages(self):
        destination = self.get_destination()
        for page in self.paginator.pages:
            emby = discord.Embed(description=page)
            await destination.send(embed=emby)
client.help_command = NewHelpName()```
The built in help command is of great use

Answer 4

You will need to remove the command for example

client.remove_command('help')

you will need to put it under

client = commands.Bot

it will be like

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix = 'somethingelse')
client.remove_command('help')

Answer 5

Here you can use this:

intents = discord.Intents.all()

activity = discord.Game(name=f"!help in {len(client.guilds)} servers!")

client = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents, activity=activity, status=discord.Status.do_not_disturb, help_command=None)

Answer 6

This is how you should do it so that it preserves the behavior of the help command while letting you change how it looks:

class MyHelpCommand(commands.MinimalHelpCommand):
    def get_command_signature(self, command):
        return '{0.clean_prefix}{1.qualified_name} {1.signature}'.format(self, command)

class MyCog(commands.Cog):
    def __init__(self, bot):
        self._original_help_command = bot.help_command
        bot.help_command = MyHelpCommand()
        bot.help_command.cog = self

    def cog_unload(self):
        self.bot.help_command = self._original_help_command```

See the documentation: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/rewrite/ext/commands/api.html#help-commands for more details.

For migrating from old helpformatters: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/rewrite/migrating.html#helpformatter-and-help-command-changes