How to Whitelist a Minecraft Server

A whitelist means only players you've added can join.

Add players

Run these in Console (or in game as an operator, with /):

whitelist on
whitelist add PlayerName
whitelist remove PlayerName
whitelist list

whitelist on takes effect straight away; no restart needed.

To see or remove players later, open Players in the sidebar. The Whitelist column lists everyone on it, with a Remove button for each.

Turn it on in server.properties

So it stays on after a restart:

1. Open Files and click server.properties.
2. Turn on white-list, and enforce-whitelist if you want players who aren't on the list kicked straight away.
3. Save and restart.

Things to know

• Names must match exactly. The server looks up each name's UUID, so a player who changes their name stays whitelisted.
• Operators can always join, whitelisted or not.
• On a Velocity network, whitelist on the proxy with a plugin, or on each backend server.