How to Manage Your Whitelist on a Ghostly Minecraft Server

Learn how to enable, add, and manage the whitelist to control who can join your Ghostly server.

Created on March 30, 2026
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How to Manage Your Whitelist

The whitelist ensures only approved players can join your server.

Enabling Whitelist

Method 1: Console

  1. Open Console in Ghostly Panel.
  2. Type: whitelist on

Method 2: server.properties

  1. Go to File Manager → server.properties.
  2. Change white-list=true.
  3. Save and restart the server.

Adding Players

  • Console: whitelist add YourUsername
  • In-game (with OP): /whitelist add YourUsername

Removing Players

  • whitelist remove YourUsername

Other Useful Whitelist Commands

  • whitelist list – Show all whitelisted players
  • whitelist off – Temporarily disable whitelist
  • whitelist reload – Reload the whitelist file

Whitelist File Location

whitelist.json in your server root folder.

Pro Tip: Combine whitelist with a permissions plugin like LuckPerms for advanced player groups.

Having issues? Make sure your server is in Online Mode for proper username validation.