How to Setup a Whitelist
A whitelist is a list of players allowed to join your server. We always recommend you set this up to prevent random people from joining your server and griefing your world.
Please note that if you're running a Java server in offline mode/cracked, whitelisting is not effective and we recommend you check out this article here.
Written Instructions:
Java Edition
Stop the server if it's currently running.
Within the File Manager or SFTP Client, open the
server.propertiesfile.Change
white-list=falsetotrueChange
enforce-whitelist=falsetotrueSave the file.
Start the server.
To add players to the whitelist, within the Console tab, run the following command:
whitelist add PlayerNameTo remove players from the whitelist, within the Console tab, run the following command:
whitelist remove PlayerNameNow only players on the whitelist can join your server!
Bedrock Edition
Stop the server if it's currently running.
Within the File Manager or SFTP Client, open the
server.propertiesfile.Change
white-list=falsetotrueSave the file.
Start the server.
To add players to the whitelist, within the Console tab, run the following command:
whitelist add PlayerNameTo remove players from the whitelist, within the Console tab, run the following command:
whitelist remove PlayerNameNow only players on the whitelist can join your server!