How To Use The Pardon Command Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to use the /pardon command with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Let’s explore how to use this game command.

Background

The /pardon command is an advanced server command that is only used if you are running a Minecraft server. If you are operating a Minecraft server that other players connect to, the /pardon command can help manage which players are allowed to connect to the server.

To use the /pardon command, you must be an operator of the Minecraft server. The /pardon command is used to remove a banned player from the server’s blacklist (or ban list). The player will then be allowed to connect to the Minecraft server again.

TIP: The banned player does not have to be online when you issue the /pardon command.

Requirements

To run server commands such as the /pardon command, you have to first create a multiplayer server in Minecraft and be the operator of that server.

Pardon Command

Pardon Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac), the syntax to pardon a player (so that they can play on a Minecraft server again) is:

/pardon <name>

Definitions

• name is the name of the player to remove from the blacklist (or ban list) so that the player can connect to the Minecraft server again.

Examples

Example in Java Edition (PC/Mac)

To pardon a player named TheNotWanted:

/pardon TheNotWanted

To pardon a player named Axe2Grind:

/pardon Axe2Grind

How to Enter the Command

1. Open Server Console

To run a server command, the instructions vary depending on your version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), open a server console. Use Command Prompt in Windows or Terminal on a Mac.

2. Type the Command

When a player is banned from a server and tries to connect, they will get the following message:

In this example, the player named TheNotWanted will see the message “You are banned from this server!” with the reason “Too good at Minecraft“. They will not be able to connect to the server until they are pardoned by the server operator.

You could pardon the player named TheNotWanted with the following command:

/pardon TheNotWanted

To enter the /pardon command in Minecraft, you must enter it as a server command (see below):

You should see the message “Unbanned player TheNotWanted” appear in the server console.

Once the command has been entered, the player will be removed from the server’s blacklist (or ban list) and unbanned. Now, the player will be allowed to play on that Minecraft server again.

Congratulations, you just learned how to use the /pardon command in Minecraft!

Other Server Commands

Here are some other server commands you can use in Minecraft:

How to Use the Ban Command
How to Use the Ban-IP Command
How to Use the Banlist Command
How to Use the Deop Command
How to Use the List Command
How to Use the Op Command
How to Use the Pardon-IP Command
How to Use the Stop Command
How to enable Command Blocks on a Server