🛡️ How to Set Up a Whitelist on Your Minecraft Server

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🛠️ How to:

Order a server from Empower Servers.

Once you place an order, you will immediately receive the login details for the control panel.

Log into the Control Panel with your email and password.

Click 'Manage' next to your server.



Navigate to your server files.


Find and open the server.properties file.



Make the following changes:


Change or add these two lines:

white-list=true
enforce-whitelist=true

Press the 'Save File' button.



Restart your server to apply the changes.
See this guide if you need help: How do I restart my server?

📋 Managing the Whitelist

After enabling the whitelist, you can manually add players to it:

- Open the Console page on the Control Panel.
- Type the following command, replacing playername with the Minecraft username:

whitelist add playername

- You can also remove players with:

whitelist remove playername

🌎 Important Notes

- Only players on the whitelist will be able to connect to your server.
- Always restart the server after making whitelist changes in server.properties.

Updated on: 25/04/2025