How to add a Whitelist on your Minecraft Server December 2024

Adding a whitelist to your Minecraft server allows for a private gaming experience, blocking unwanted players from joining the server. The option is most useful when you want to play only with your friends or when you work on the server and you don’t want players to join while the server is still online.

In order to activate the whitelist via the in-game chat, you need administrator permissions. If you do not know how to do this, please follow this tutorial.

Turning the Whitelist On

Go to your Minecraft Server Panel and make sure the server is ON.
Type in Console or in the In-Game Chat /whiteslist on to activate the whitelist.
Press Enter on your keyboard.

NOTE: The players that are on the server when the setting is activated, will automatically get whitelisted.

Adding a Player to the Whitelist

Make sure the server is online.
Type in Console or in the In-Game Chat /whitelist add <player_name>, replacing <player_name> with the player’s name.
Press Enter on your keyboard.

Removing a Player from the Whitelist

Make sure the server is online.
Type in Console or in the In-Game Chat /whitelist remove <player_name>, replacing <player_name> with the player’s name.
Press Enter on your keyboard.

Command	Description
whitelist <on/off>	Turn the whitelist on or off on your server.
whitelist add	Grant access to a specific player to join your server.
whitelist remove	Revoke the access of a specific player from joining your server.
whitelist list	Provide a complete list with all the users allowed to connect to the server.
whitelist reload	Manually reload the list, in case changes have been made and didn’t take effect.

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