How to enable and disable the whitelist on your Minecraft server

The whitelist allows you to restrict access to your server to only the players you have chosen. It is an ideal feature for keeping a server private between friends or members of your community.

1️⃣ Enable the whitelist in server.properties

1. Go to your management panel and log in.
2. Go to the File Manager tab.
3. Open the server.properties file.
4. Find the line:

   white-list=false

5. Change it to:

   white-list=true

6. Save and restart your server.

2️⃣ Add players to the whitelist

For Minecraft Java Edition:

• Use the command in-game or in the console:

/whitelist add player_nickname

For Minecraft Bedrock Edition:

• Use the command:

/whitelist add "player_nickname"

(Note: Bedrock usernames must be enclosed in quotation marks if they contain spaces)

3️⃣ Check the list of whitelisted players

/whitelist list

🔄 Disable the whitelist

If you want to reopen your server to everyone:

/whitelist off

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