Op a Player on a Minecraft Server

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This article is for Minecraft: Java Edition

For Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers, follow the instructions in this guide.

An Op is short for Operator, and giving a player Op privilege is giving them access to run admin commands or "cheats" commands directly in game. For a full list of all of the Minecraft Commands click here for some common Minecraft commands click here. For some common game rule changes you might want to put on your server, click here.

As Op'ed players have great power, it’s critical that you only Op players who you absolutely trust as your server admin. They'll be able to change game modes to creative for themselves and others as well as run in game commands. Op'ing a player is different than giving someone in Command Center Administrator Permission, which allows them to access our website to control your server.

Op a player

1. Login to Command Center.
2. From the server list, find the server you want to modify, and click the Manage button on the right.
3. From the server you selected, you should already be on the Console tab, but if not, select it.
4. Type op yourplayername in the console and press Enter. The command is case sensitive, so make sure to type it asop and not OP or Op.

The changes should take effect right away, and you don’t need to restart or log back in.

Remove Op from a player

If you need to remove Op from a player, this can also be done in a similar way by using the deop command.

1. Login to Command Center
2. From the server list, find the server you want to modify, and click the Manage button on the right.
3. From the server you selected, you should already be on the Console tab, but if not, select it.
4. Type deop playername in the console and press Enter.

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You may see an ops.json file on your server. Starting in Minecraft 1.7, Minecraft uses a special JSON file format to store the UUIDs of players. Unless you’re an expert who understands JSON, editing the file and listing player names one per line will no longer work.