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How to Turn On Whitelist (Java & Bedrock)

Enabling a whitelist (called allowlist on Bedrock) lets only approved players join your server.

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Java Edition – Turn On Whitelist

You can enable it from the panel or with commands.

Method 1: Edit server.properties

  1. Go to the Files tab in your panel.

  2. Open the server.properties file.

  3. Find the line:
    ​white-list=false

  4. Change it to:
    ​white-list=true

  5. Click Save Content.

  6. Restart your server.

Method 2: Use Console Commands

  1. Open the Console tab.

  2. Enable whitelist:
    ​whitelist on

  3. Add players:
    ​whitelist add playername

  4. Show current whitelist:
    ​whitelist list

Only players added to the whitelist (plus ops) will be able to join.

Bedrock Edition – Turn On Allowlist (Whitelist)

On Bedrock, the whitelist feature is called an allowlist, but it works the same way.

Method 1: Edit server.properties

  1. Go to the Files tab in your panel.

  2. Open the server.properties file.

  3. Find the line:
    ​allow-list=false

  4. Change it to:
    ​allow-list=true

  5. Click Save Content.

  6. Restart your server.

Method 2: Use Console Commands

  1. Open the Console tab.

  2. Enable allowlist:
    ​allowlist on

  3. Add players:
    ​allowlist add playername

  4. Show current allowlist:
    ​allowlist list

Once the allowlist is enabled, only players on the allowlist will be able to join your Bedrock server.

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