How to Use the Minecraft Whitelist

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Do you want to prevent strange players from joining your server? Or only allow a few? This article will help you do this.

❓ What is the Whitelist ❓

The Whitelist is a list of players that are allowed to join your server. If the Whitelist is enabled, players that are not listed there will not be able to join, being automatically kicked.

NOTE: Whitelists are a great alternative to creating passwords for your server, which can only be done through Bukkit / Spigot plugins.

Please note that to use the following commands from this article you need to first OP yourself as our guide tells here.

NOTE: If you are using commands in the console you need to do it without the / at the beginning.

Managing the Whitelist via Commands

You can manage your Whitelist using console commands.

Enable/ Disable

You can enable and disable your whitelist through the game or in your console as well.

If you are playing Minecraft on your server, you can run:

/whitelist on

To enable your whitelist.

/whitelist off

To disable your whitelist.

Add/ Remove Players

If you want to add friends to your Whitelist you need to run the following command:

If you are inside your server playing Minecraft. You can type:

/whitelist add <nickname>

To add a player in the Whitelist.

/whitelist remove <nickname>

To remove a player from the Whitelist.

Refresh Your Whitelist

If it seems like these commands are not working, you can refresh your Whitelist.

/whitelist reload.

This command will reload your server’s Whitelist file.

/whitelist list.

Show all players from your Whitelist.

Managing the Whitelist Via the Multicraft Panel

You can manage your Whitelist using the Multicraft panel.