Minecraft: How to Enable and Manage the Whitelist

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Introduction

The Minecraft whitelist is an option to protect your game server by allowing only selected players on the list to connect. By default, Minecraft does not offer a server password option like other games.

Minecraft: How to Enable and Manage the Whitelist

Enabling the Whitelist

Activation (Config)

To enable the whitelist, set the command value in the server.properties config file to true. A server restart is required for the change to take effect.

Code

white-list=true

Activation (Chat)

Alternatively, the whitelist option can be enabled in-game or via the Console tab:

Code

/whitelist on			(Enable whitelist)
/whitelist off			(Disable whitelist)

Operator rights are required to enable the whitelist in-game! Otherwise, you can also do this via the Console tab in the game server dashboard. Note that commands there must be entered without the / symbol.

Managing the Whitelist

Adding / Removing Players

Chat

You can add or remove players from the whitelist using the following commands:

Code

/whitelist add PlayerName
/whitelist remove PlayerName

white-list.json

If the player's UUID is known, the player can also be manually added via the white-list.json file. You can access and edit this file via FTP. Instructions for FTP access can be found here: Access via FTP

Code

[
  {
    "uuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "name": "Player1"
  },
  {
    "uuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "name": "Player2"
  },
  {
    "uuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "name": "Player3"
  }
]

Reloading the List

If you add players manually, you need to reload the whitelist in-game. This can also be done by command to avoid restarting the server:

Code

/whitelist reload

Displaying the List

If you don't want to open the whitelist file via FTP every time, you can display all players on the whitelist with the following command:

Code

/whitelist list

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Set white-list=true in the server.properties config and restart the server. Alternatively, enable it with the /whitelist on command in-game or via the Console tab.

Use the /whitelist add PlayerName command in chat, or manually add them via the white-list.json file through FTP if you know the player's UUID.

No, Minecraft does not have a server password option by default. The whitelist is used instead to restrict access to selected players.

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Minecraft: How to Enable and Manage the Whitelist

Introduction

Enabling the Whitelist

Activation (Config)

Activation (Chat)

Managing the Whitelist

Adding / Removing Players

Reloading the List

Displaying the List

Frequently asked questions

Minecraft

Enabling the Whitelist

Activation (Config)

Activation (Chat)

Managing the Whitelist

Adding / Removing Players

Reloading the List

Displaying the List

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