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title: How to Enable/Disable Minecraft Offline Mode
description: "Learn how to toggle offline mode on your Minecraft server! "
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/minecraft/setup/how-to-enable-disable-minecraft-offline-mode"
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published: "2025-06-02T03:08:09.459Z"
updated: "2025-06-02T03:08:09.425Z"
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# How to Enable/Disable Minecraft Offline Mode

Learn how to toggle offline mode on your Minecraft server! 

This article will walk you through the steps to switching your Minecraft server’s online mode setting. Putting your server in offline mode will bypass Mojang’s authentication servers when players join. This is necessary in some configurations, such as BungeeCord, but can pose some security concerns if done incorrectly. On its own, players who do not have a legitimate Minecraft account will be able to join with your server in offline mode.

**Note: Be sure that your Minecraft server is fully stopped before making any configuration changes or setting updates!**

## Using the Control Panel

1. Navigate to your Nodecraft Dashboard.
2. Click the **Panel** button for your Minecraft server.
3. Locate and click **Game Settings** in the menu on the left side.
4. Click on the **Advanced** tab, under Minecraft Server Settings.
5. Toggle the **Online Mode** switch to the desired setting. By default, this will be on.
6. Click the **Submit** button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
7. **Start** your server.

## Manually Editing the server.properties File

1. Navigate to your Nodecraft Dashboard.
2. Click the **Panel** button for your Minecraft server.
3. Locate and click **Server Files** in the menu on the left side.
4. In the file browser, click on the `server.properties` file.
5. Click **Edit** at the top.
6. Scroll down and locate the `online-mode` option.
7. Change the option after the ‘=’ to the desired setting (true/false)
8. Click the **Save** button at the top of the editor to save your changes.
9. **Start** your server.

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