Minecraft server management guides
The day-to-day jobs of a server owner, from changing versions to planning wipes and restarts.
All 16 server management guides
Advertise your Minecraft server
Set up the address, server list message and icon players see first, follow Mojang's rules for promoting a server and choose where to list it.
Build a Minecraft lobby or hub server
Set up a lobby Minecraft server with Adventure mode, game rules and a fixed spawn, then join it to your other servers on the Networks page.
Build a multi-server Minecraft network
How a Minecraft network with a lobby works, and how to link two or more of your servers behind one address from the Networks page.
Change your Minecraft server's world seed
Set a new Minecraft world seed in the Config Editor, then start a new world in a fresh folder or replace the old one, and check the result in the Console.
Change your Minecraft version or mod loader
Switch between Vanilla, Paper, Fabric, Forge and NeoForge in about a minute, keep your world, and avoid the downgrade trap we hit in testing.
Clear a Minecraft player's inventory or ender chest
Empty a Minecraft player's inventory from the Players tab, remove one item type with clear, and handle ender chests and offline players.
Create a void world on your Minecraft server
Make an empty Minecraft void world with the Superflat generator and the game's own The Void preset: one line in server.properties and a new world folder.
Edit Minecraft NBT, level.dat and player data
Edit Minecraft level.dat or a player's NBT file safely: try settings and commands first, then download, edit in an NBT editor, upload and recover if it breaks.
Find a Minecraft player's UUID
Read a Minecraft player's UUID in the Players tab or usercache.json, look one up by name, and see why offline-mode servers show different IDs.
Find your Minecraft server's world seed
Read your Minecraft world seed with the seed command in the Console, and see why the Config Editor's seed field can be blank or wrong.
Reset a player's data on a Minecraft server
Reset one player on your Minecraft server: lighter options first, then finding their UUID file, deleting it with a backup in place and what stays behind.
Run a Minecraft event on your server
Prepare a server for an event: Mojang's rules, player limits, the whitelist, a protected backup, timed announcements and world border commands.