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A Minecraft whitelist restricts server access to approved players. When the whitelist is active, players must be added to the whitelist before they can connect.
Console commands: When entering commands through the game panel’s Console, leave out the / at the beginning.

Enable or Disable the Whitelist

You can control the whitelist using Minecraft commands. To enable it:
To turn it off:
When entering these commands through the panel console, use whitelist on or whitelist off without the /.

Add or Remove Players

Once the whitelist is enabled, you can control which players are allowed to connect. Add a player:
Remove a player:
For example:
Only players with operator permissions can run whitelist commands in-game. Commands entered through the game panel’s Console do not require the player entering them to have OP.

Enable the Whitelist Through server.properties

You can also configure the whitelist directly through your server’s server.properties file.
  1. Log in to the game panel at gamepanel.fourseasonshosting.com.
  2. Open your Minecraft server.
  3. Stop the server from the Console page.
  4. Navigate to Files.
  5. Open server.properties.
  6. Locate:
  7. Change it to:
  8. Save the file.
  9. Optionally, locate enforce-whitelist and set it to:
  10. Start the server.
With enforce-whitelist enabled, players who are removed from the whitelist while connected will be disconnected from the server. After enabling the whitelist, use the whitelist add and whitelist remove commands to control which players are permitted to join.