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Grant operator access to let a player run administrative commands on a native Minecraft Bedrock Edition server.
Operators can run commands that make major changes to the server and world. Grant operator access only to people you trust.

Before you begin

  • Start the server and wait until it finishes loading.
  • Ask the player to join. The op command does not work for an offline player.
  • Use the player’s exact Xbox Gamertag, including spaces and capitalization.
  • Put a Gamertag in quotation marks when it contains spaces, such as "Example Player".
  • Confirm that this is a native Bedrock server. For Bedrock players joining through Geyser, use the Java server’s permission system.

Grant operator access

1

Open the console

Open the server in the Purpify game panel, then open its console view.
2

Confirm that the player is online

Wait until the player’s exact Xbox Gamertag appears in the console.
3

Grant operator access

Enter op followed by the player’s exact Xbox Gamertag. Do not add a leading / in the console.
4

Confirm access

Ask the player to reconnect if the permission does not take effect immediately. The player can test a harmless command such as /list in Minecraft chat.

Remove operator access

Run deop followed by the player’s exact Xbox Gamertag:
An existing operator can run the same commands in Minecraft chat by adding a leading /.

Fix common problems

Confirm that the player is connected, then re-enter the exact Xbox Gamertag. Put the full Gamertag in quotation marks if it contains spaces.
Confirm that the server is running native Minecraft Bedrock Edition. Enter commands without / in the game panel console and with / in Minecraft chat.
Geyser provides Bedrock-to-Java cross-play. Manage the player with the Java server’s operator or plugin permission system instead.