# How to make yourself an operator (op)

> Give yourself or a friend operator permissions from the console, and take them away again.

Source: https://fadehost.com/docs/make-yourself-op/

An operator can run every command: gamemode, teleport, give, kick, ban, stop. The first op is always set from the server side, because nobody in the game can grant it.

## Give op

In the **Console** tab:

```
op Steve
```

The player gets a message in game at once; no restart. Take it away with:

```
deop Steve
```

## See who is op

The **Players** panel has an **Op** filter. The list is also in `ops.json` in the server's **Files**, where each entry carries a level from 1 to 4; the console command grants level 4, which is everything.

## Permission plugins

On a plugin server, most communities give op to two or three people and use LuckPerms for everyone else, so a moderator can kick without being able to `/stop` the server. LuckPerms installs from **Resources**, **Plugins**.

## Good to know

- Op works in online and offline mode. In offline mode anyone can join under any name, including an op's name; keep online mode on or use [Login protection](/docs/login-protection/).
- Operators bypass spawn protection and the whitelist.