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title: How to Pause your Necesse Server when no Players are Online
description: Learn how to enable automatic pausing of your Necesse server when no players are online.
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/necesse/how-to-pause-your-necesse-server-when-no-players-are-online"
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updated: "2025-10-17T20:22:19.988Z"
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# How to Pause your Necesse Server when no Players are Online

Learn how to enable automatic pausing of your Necesse server when no players are online.

You might find it useful to automatically pause progress in your Necesse Server when no players on are online. For example, this would prevent any NPCs from perishing from unexpected mobs when no players are online!

## Enable Automatic Pausing

There are two ways in which you can enable automatic pausing when no players are online on your Necesse server.

### Nodecraft Server Control Panel

1. **Login** to your Nodecraft **[Dashboard](https://app.nodecraft.com/dashboard)**
2. **Click on Panel** with the gear icon located in the bottom right of your Renown server.
3. Go to your **Game Settings** tab on the left-hand side of the control panel.
4. Enter the **Worlds** tab at the top of the page, and ensure the "Pause when Empty" option is enabled.

  ![Necesse Pause when Empty configuration](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1023x575/e26bc93302/necesse-pause-when-empty.png/m/1000x0/smart)
5. Save and restart your server.

### Editing Files

1. **Login **to your Nodecraft **[Dashboard](https://app.nodecraft.com/dashboard)**
2. Click on **Panel **with the gear icon located in the bottom right of your Necesse server.
3. Go to **File Manager/Files** in the left-hand side of the control panel.
4. Navigate to the `server.ini` in `/data/cfg`.
5. Enable or disable automatic pausing for your server by setting the `pauseWhenEmpty` field to `true` or `false`.

  ![Necesse server.cfg pause when empty configuration](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1708x456/401cc165dc/necesse-pause-when-empty-config.png/m/1000x0/smart)
6. **Save**, and then **Restart** the server.