How to OP, Deop, Ban and Unban Players on Your Minecraft Server

Make yourself an operator

1. Open your world and go to Players.
2. Pick the OPs tab.
3. Type your exact Minecraft username and click + Add.
4. In game, commands like /gamemode creative now work for you.

Remove operator rights

On Players → OPs, click Remove next to the name and confirm.

Ban and unban a player

On Players → Banned, add a username to ban it. Banned players are refused at the door. Remove the name to unban.

Using the Console instead

While the world is online, Console accepts the normal server commands. Type them without the leading slash:

1. op Name and deop Name
2. ban Name and pardon Name
3. whitelist add Name and whitelist remove Name

If the world is sleeping

The Console needs the world to be online. If it is sleeping, click Wake server on the Console page, or use the Players page, which works either way.