How to Enable Whitelist on Your Minecraft Server

What Is the Whitelist?

The Minecraft server whitelist is a list of approved player usernames. When whitelist is enabled, only players on the list can join. Everyone else gets a "Not whitelisted" error.

Enabling the Whitelist

Run this command in your server console or in-game as an op:
whitelist on

Or set white-list=true in server.properties and restart.

Managing the Whitelist

• whitelist add PlayerName — Add a player
• whitelist remove PlayerName — Remove a player
• whitelist list — See all whitelisted players
• whitelist reload — Reload the whitelist file

Whitelist vs Operator

Being on the whitelist just lets you join. Being an operator (/op) gives you admin commands. These are separate — you can be whitelisted without being an op.

Whitelist File

The whitelist is stored in whitelist.json in your server root directory. You can edit this file directly via the Pterodactyl file manager on CraftNodes if you need to bulk add or remove players.