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# How Often Should A Minecraft Server Restart?

A daily restart is a good habit for any Minecraft server.

Over time, a running server builds up leftover data in memory: sessions from players who disconnected, chunks that never fully unloaded, stray entities, and similar buildup. Restarting clears all of that out, and doing it roughly every 24 hours produces a real, noticeable improvement in performance.

## Automate restarts with Schedules

Manual restarts are easy to forget, so let the panel handle it instead. From the **Schedules** page, set up a schedule that fires a **restart** power action on a cron timer, ideally during a low traffic window for your player base. You can also chain in a console command action beforehand, like `say Server restarting in 5 minutes`, so players get a heads up before it happens.