Minecraft

How to Turn Off Online Mode

Step-by-step guide to disable online mode on your Minecraft server, plus the plugins and mods you need for auth and skins.

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How to Turn Off Online Mode

In this guide, we'll show you how to disable online mode for your Minecraft server.

Disabling online mode on a Minecraft server lets it run without verifying players against Mojang's authentication servers, allowing cracked/offline clients to join your server.

⚠️ Warning: Players can also change their usernames to join the server using a different user's account. Please ensure you install an authentication system such as:

Disabling online mode also prevents skins from loading in. To restore profile skins, you will need to install:

Turning Off Online Mode

To turn off online mode:

  1. Access the DazcoHost Panel.
  2. Stop the server.
  3. In the Files tab, open the server.properties file.
  4. Locate the online-mode=true line.
  5. Set it to online-mode=false.
  6. Save the changes.
  7. Start the server.

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