How to Whitelist Players on Your Minecraft Server
Learn how to set up a whitelist to control who can join your Minecraft server.
A whitelist restricts your Minecraft server to only approved players. Once enabled, anyone not on the whitelist will be blocked from joining — perfect for keeping your server private or limited to friends.
Adding Players to the Whitelist
Open the server console
Log in to the XGamingServer panel and select your Minecraft server.
Navigate to the console
Go to Console.
Enabling the Whitelist
After adding players, enable and activate the whitelist:
Turn on the whitelist
In Console, type whitelist on.
Reload the whitelist
Type whitelist reload to apply changes immediately.
Restart your server
Restart your server to ensure everything is saved.
💡 Tip: You can check who's on the whitelist at any time by typing
whitelist listin the console.
Removing Players from the Whitelist
To remove a player's access:
Open the console
Go to Console.
Remove the player
Type whitelist remove Username.
Reload the whitelist
Type whitelist reload to apply the change.
Disabling the Whitelist
If you want to open your server back up to everyone, type whitelist off in the console.
📝 Note: You can also enforce the whitelist by setting
enforce-whitelist=truein yourserver.propertiesfile. This will automatically kick any online players who aren't on the whitelist when you reload it. See our server configuration guide for more details.
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