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How to Whitelist Players on a Minecraft Server

Whitelisting Players on Minecraft Servers

Whitelisting Players on Minecraft Servers

MintServers Whitelisting

  • First, select the dashboard from the top right corner 

  • Then select your server and open the game panel

  • Under the tools tab choose the Server Properties

  • and scroll down until you find the white list property and enable it

  • Once the whitelist property is set to true you can add players to the whitelist by going to the console and writing Whitelist add [username] 
  • Whitelist add [username] - Add player
  • Whitelist remove [username] - Remove a player
  • whitelist reload - Reloads the list
  •  whitelist list - View all whitelisted players

Java Edition Whitelisting

To whitelist players on a Java Edition server:

  • join the server
  • Enable whitelist using command: /whitelist on


  • Add players using: /whitelist add [Username]


  • Reload the whitelist: /whitelist reload


Additional commands:

  • /whitelist list - View all whitelisted players
  • /whitelist remove [Username] - Remove a player
  • /whitelist off - Disable whitelist

Bedrock Edition Whitelisting

For Bedrock Edition servers:

  1. Stop your server
  2. Navigate to server settings
  3. Set "allow-list" to true
  4. Save and restart server
  5. Use command: allowlist add [XboxGamertag]

Bedrock commands:

  • allowlist on - Enable allowlist
  • allowlist add [player] - Add player
  • allowlist remove [player] - Remove player
  • allowlist list - View allowed players

Cross-Platform Notes

For servers supporting both Java and Bedrock players:

  • Bedrock players must join before being whitelisted
  • Use period prefix for Bedrock players: whitelist add .[player]
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