Give Operator (OP) Permissions on Your Minecraft Server

How to OP yourself and other players, understand permission levels 1-4, and manage admin access on your Minecraft server.

Operator (OP) status gives players access to server commands. There are 4 permission levels.

OP via Server Console

In the Console tab of the XGamingServer Panel:

op PlayerName

To remove OP:

deop PlayerName

Set in server.properties:

op-permission-level=4

Level	Access
1	Bypass spawn protection
2	Use `/clear`, `/difficulty`, `/effect`, `/gamemode`, `/gamerule`, `/give`, `/tp`, and more
3	Use `/ban`, `/deop`, `/kick`, `/op`
4	Use `/stop`, `/debug`, `/reload` — full server control

OPs are stored in ops.json in the server root:

[
  {
    "uuid": "player-uuid-here",
    "name": "PlayerName",
    "level": 4,
    "bypassesPlayerLimit": false
  }
]

You can edit this file directly via Files in the panel to set specific permission levels per player.

💡 Tip: For more granular permissions (ranks, groups, per-command control), use LuckPerms instead of the OP system.