How to Enable the Allowlist on a Minecraft Bedrock Server

An allowlist is a feature in Minecraft that allows server administrators to create a list of players who are allowed to join the server, while other players are denied. It lets you keep out unwanted players and only allow those you have approved.

Requirements

• Access to the dashboard and the server console
• Name of the player you want to add to the allowlist

Enable the allowlist

1. Select server
   Go to your Minecraft Bedrock Edition server in the dashboard.

2. Open the file browser
   Open the file browser.

3. Open the file
   Open the file server.properties.

4. Find the entry
   Look for the following entry:

   allow-list=false
   

5. Change the value
   Change the value to true:

   allow-list=true
   

6. Save the changes
   Save the changes and restart the server.

Add a player to the allowlist

You can add players via the server console in the dashboard, or as a player with OP rights directly in the in-game chat.

1. Open the console or chat
   Open the server console in the dashboard, or open the in-game chat as an operator on the server.

2. Add the player
   Enter the following command and replace <name> with the player's name:

   allowlist add <name>
   

   In the in-game chat with a leading slash: /allowlist add <name>.

3. Check the allowlist
   From now on only players on the allowlist can join the server. Try connecting with an account that is not on the allowlist – the connection should be rejected.