How to OP Players on Your Minecraft Server

Minecraft OP (operator) status gives a player full access to all commands and permissions on a Minecraft server. By default, there are no Minecraft server operators on your server. This article will walk you through the steps to OP a player on your server.

Note: Before continuing, be sure that you fully trust the person you provide with OP.

An operator is one of the highest levels of access any player can have on a Minecraft server.

How to Give or Remove OP

You can assign OP players by using either your Minecraft servers control panel, Console Commands, or even in-game commands (by other OPs). For this guide, we will focus on how to complete this using Minecraft servers hosted by Nodecraft.

Using the Nodecraft Control Panel

Navigate to your Minecraft servers control panel.
Locate the Players option on the left-hand side.
Click on the Admins (OP) tab.
Use the available search box to locate the player you wish to provide OP to.
Choose the OP level.
Click the OP Player button.
Click Submit.

Note: After making changes to players, you may need to restart your server to apply the new settings.

Adding player to an OP list You can also edit players OP level once they have been provided with the permissions.
Options to change admin permissions Change the player's admin level

Using the Console or In-Game Commands

Using the command /op you can assign or remove OP from a player.

Navigate to your Nodecraft Dashboard.
Click the Panel button for your Minecraft server.
Locate and click Console in the menu on the left side.
With the server running, type /op <username> at the bottom of the console.
Note: Replace <username> with the Minecraft username of the player you wish to OP. As an example, we would type /op NC_Lottie.
Press the Enter key on your keyboard to enter that command.

You will receive a response similar to:

[Server thread/INFO]: Made NC_Lottie a server operator

OP command used via console Add OP via console

You can also remove OP from a player by using the /deop command.

Use of the DEOP command in the console Deopped a player When using the web-based console, be sure to drop the / from the start of the command

Minecraft Operator (OP) Levels

Minecraft Operators (OPs) define a basic permissions system in vanilla Minecraft. Further customization of this would require a permissions plugin, such as LuckPerms.

Level	Title	Description
1	Moderator	Players are able to bypass spawn protection. This level does not allow players to run any commands except for those that are already available to all players.
2	Gamemaster	Players are able to run all singleplayer cheat commands, except /publish, as this does not exist on servers. This level is also the minimum required to edit command blocks.
3	Admin	Players are able to run all multiplayer commands, including /ban, /kick, and /op. Players will not be able to stop the server or disable autosave.
4	Owner	Players can run all commands, including /stop.

In each level, players are also able to perform the actions of all previous levels.

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