Managing the Whitelist

The whitelist allows you to control who can join your server. Be aware that ops will always be able to connect to the server, regardless of whether they’re in the whitelist.

When the whitelist function is enabled, only players named on the whitelist will be allowed to login to your server. Players can be added to the whitelist through the usage of in-game Commands and Permissions or by editing the whitelist.json file.

To enable the whitelist, use /whitelist on
To disable the whitelist, use /whitelist off
To add a player to the whitelist, use /whitelist add playername
To remove a player from the whitelist, use /whitelist remove playername
To show all players on the whitelist, use /whitelist list
To reload the whitelist after a manual change to the file, use /whitelist reload

The whitelist can also be enabled or disabled by editing the server.properties file, although this will only affect the game after server reload or restart.

Permissions

You can also use these Permissions to manage the access to your server.

Permission	Description
minecraft.login.bypass-whitelist	Treat the user as whitelisted. Defaults to `Op`-only.
minecraft.login.bypass-player-limit	Allow this user to bypass the server’s player limit. Defaults to the `bypassesPlayerLimit` option in `ops.json`.