# How to whitelist players on your Minecraft server

> Turn the whitelist on and add players from the console, and see who is on it in the Players tab.

Source: https://fadehost.com/docs/whitelist/

A whitelist lets only the names you add join. It is the right tool for a friends server that stays in online mode.

## Turn it on and add players

In the **Console** tab, type these commands (no slash is needed in the panel's console, but it works with one too):

```
whitelist on
whitelist add Steve
whitelist add Alex
```

Players are added by their Minecraft name. A player who has never joined is looked up on Mojang's servers, so the name must be spelled exactly.

```
whitelist remove Steve
whitelist list
whitelist off
```

## See who is whitelisted

The **Players** panel (the dock on the right) lists everyone who has joined, with a **Whitelisted** filter. Opening a player shows their UUID, first and last seen and their skin.

## Friends without a Microsoft login

A whitelist needs online mode, and online mode needs a paid Microsoft account on every client. If some friends use other launchers, do not turn online mode off: turn on **Login protection** in **Settings**, **Server** instead. Players without a Microsoft login set a password at the door; everyone else joins as usual. See [Login protection](/docs/login-protection/).

## Good to know

- The whitelist file is `whitelist.json` in the server folder; the console commands edit it for you.
- Operators bypass the whitelist only if `enforce-whitelist` is off, which is the default.
- Save the commands you run often under **Commands** and they become one-click buttons.