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How to Disable the Locator Bar on a Minecraft Bedrock Server
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How to Disable the Locator Bar on a Minecraft Bedrock Server

Disable the Locator Bar on a Minecraft Bedrock Edition server

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Jun 28, 2026

The Locator Bar is a compass-like bar above the hotbar that was added in the "Chase the Skies" update (Bedrock 1.21.90). It shows the direction of other nearby players. Unlike Minecraft Java Edition, on Bedrock it is not controlled by the locatorBar game rule but by the playerWaypoints game rule – set it to off to turn the bar off server-wide for all players.

Requirement

You need OP rights to change game rules. See Grant OP Rights.

Disable the Locator Bar

You can run the command either directly in the in-game chat (as an operator) or via the server console in the dashboard:

/gamerule playerWaypoints off

Re-enable the Locator Bar

Set the game rule back to everyone:

/gamerule playerWaypoints everyone
Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Aug 20, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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