diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/managers/UserManager.js b/packages/discord.js/src/managers/UserManager.js
index 167fe5796..ff865ba37 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/managers/UserManager.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/managers/UserManager.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class UserManager extends CachedManager {
    * @private
    */
   dmChannel(userId) {
-    return this.client.channels.cache.find(c => c.type === ChannelType.DM && c.recipient.id === userId) ?? null;
+    return this.client.channels.cache.find(c => c.type === ChannelType.DM && c.recipientId === userId) ?? null;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/structures/DMChannel.js b/packages/discord.js/src/structures/DMChannel.js
index 5117a0eae..f78f04cd1 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/structures/DMChannel.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/structures/DMChannel.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { userMention } = require('@discordjs/builders');
 const { ChannelType } = require('discord-api-types/v9');
 const { Channel } = require('./Channel');
 const TextBasedChannel = require('./interfaces/TextBasedChannel');
 const MessageManager = require('../managers/MessageManager');
+const Partials = require('../util/Partials');
 
 /**
  * Represents a direct message channel between two users.
@@ -28,11 +30,17 @@ class DMChannel extends Channel {
     super._patch(data);
 
     if (data.recipients) {
+      const recipient = data.recipients[0];
+
       /**
-       * The recipient on the other end of the DM
-       * @type {User}
+       * The recipient's id
+       * @type {Snowflake}
        */
-      this.recipient = this.client.users._add(data.recipients[0]);
+      this.recipientId = recipient.id;
+
+      if ('username' in recipient || this.client.options.partials.includes(Partials.Users)) {
+        this.client.users._add(recipient);
+      }
     }
 
     if ('last_message_id' in data) {
@@ -63,13 +71,22 @@ class DMChannel extends Channel {
     return typeof this.lastMessageId === 'undefined';
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The recipient on the other end of the DM
+   * @type {?User}
+   * @readonly
+   */
+  get recipient() {
+    return this.client.users.resolve(this.recipientId);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Fetch this DMChannel.
    * @param {boolean} [force=true] Whether to skip the cache check and request the API
    * @returns {Promise<DMChannel>}
    */
   fetch(force = true) {
-    return this.recipient.createDM(force);
+    return this.client.users.createDM(this.recipientId, force);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -81,7 +98,7 @@ class DMChannel extends Channel {
    * console.log(`Hello from ${channel}!`);
    */
   toString() {
-    return this.recipient.toString();
+    return userMention(this.recipientId);
   }
 
   // These are here only for documentation purposes - they are implemented by TextBasedChannel
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
index 1eae27ba0..31cb0bb13 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -883,7 +883,8 @@ export class EnumResolvers extends null {
 export class DMChannel extends TextBasedChannelMixin(Channel, ['bulkDelete']) {
   private constructor(client: Client, data?: RawDMChannelData);
   public messages: MessageManager;
-  public recipient: User;
+  public recipientId: Snowflake;
+  public get recipient(): User | null;
   public type: ChannelType.DM;
   public fetch(force?: boolean): Promise<this>;
 }
@@ -2256,7 +2257,7 @@ export class ThreadMemberFlagsBitField extends BitField<ThreadMemberFlagsString>
 export class Typing extends Base {
   private constructor(channel: TextBasedChannel, user: PartialUser, data?: RawTypingData);
   public channel: TextBasedChannel;
-  public user: PartialUser;
+  public user: User | PartialUser;
   public startedTimestamp: number;
   public get startedAt(): Date;
   public get guild(): Guild | null;
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.test-d.ts b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.test-d.ts
index cdd52597b..0e2cb3ac2 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.test-d.ts
@@ -947,8 +947,9 @@ expectType<Promise<Collection<Snowflake, GuildEmoji>>>(guildEmojiManager.fetch(u
 expectType<Promise<GuildEmoji>>(guildEmojiManager.fetch('0'));
 
 declare const typing: Typing;
-expectType<PartialUser>(typing.user);
+expectType<User | PartialUser>(typing.user);
 if (typing.user.partial) expectType<null>(typing.user.username);
+if (!typing.user.partial) expectType<string>(typing.user.tag);
 
 expectType<TextBasedChannel>(typing.channel);
 if (typing.channel.partial) expectType<undefined>(typing.channel.lastMessageId);