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How to increase the player slots for your Minecraft Server

All of our VoltHosting game servers come with unlimited player slots, but sometimes you need to specify a limit. This happens in Minecraft Java servers where the default limit is 32 players. Don't worry though! You can increase this limit for free by following the steps below.

First, login to the VoltHosting game server panel. If you're unsure how to, view our Logging Into Your Game Panel guide.

Then click on Management, then File Manager .

Now locate your server.properties file, and open it

Then, you need to edit your max-players property.

Locate the max-players setting, and change this to the value which you want. For example, 64, then press Save File to save the file.

Java Example:

Bedrock Example:

Once the file is saved. Head back to the console and restart (or start) your server to apply the changes.

Your player count will now be updated! Take a look at the server list to verify the change.

Updated on: 18/11/2024

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