Aimed primarily at children aged 6 to 15, it featured a lineup that included Marvel and Star Wars series, reruns of shows previously aired on Disney Channel, various action series, and some preschool programming from Disney Junior.

Disney XD launched in Malaysia on 15 September 2012, as the first international kids' channel available on Astro's basic package.

[1] It expanded to Singapore on March 16, 2013, Indonesia and Thailand on 19 October 2013, and the Philippines on 31 May 2014.

As part of a broader review of Disney's business in the region, Disney XD ended operations in Southeast Asia on 1 January 2021 (simultaneously with the Scandinavian and Middle Eastern feeds), after over eight years of broadcasting.

[8] Following the closure of Disney XD, its content was moved to Disney Channel in Southeast Asia (but the channel already ceased transmission in Singapore and Malaysia in 2020 but continued operations for other Southeast Asian countries until the closure in October 2021), Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and Disney+ in Singapore and the Philippines.