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title: "How to Give Yourself OP on a Minecraft Server"
description: "Need admin powers on your own Minecraft server? How to make yourself or a friend an operator, how to take OP away again, and the console command for it."
url: https://fps.ms/docs/minecraft/how-to-give-yourself-op
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# How to give yourself OP on your Minecraft server

An operator (OP) can use server commands in the game, like `/gamemode`, `/tp` and `/time set`. As the owner of the server, you usually want OP for yourself.

You can give OP on the **Players** page of your server.

!!! warning "Only give OP to people you trust" "Operators can run every command, including commands that change or delete things. They can also stop your server."

## Open the Players page

1. Go to [panel.fps.ms](https://panel.fps.ms) and open your server.
2. In the top bar, click **More**, then click **Players**.

![The More menu with Players highlighted](https://assets.docs.fps.ms/minecraft/how-to-give-yourself-op/01-open-players-e3ff7465.webp)

3. Click the **Operators** tab.

![The tabs on the Players page with Operators highlighted](https://assets.docs.fps.ms/minecraft/how-to-give-yourself-op/02-open-operators-tab-96d80b7e.webp)

!!! info "Server is sleeping?" "The player lists are read from files on your server. If your server is asleep, click **Wake server and load players** first."

## Make yourself an operator

1. Type your Minecraft name in **Player name**. Use your Java Edition name, for example `Luca`.
2. Click **Make operator**.

![The Operators card with the name Luca typed in and Make operator highlighted](https://assets.docs.fps.ms/minecraft/how-to-give-yourself-op/03-make-operator-2f1ec5b3.webp)

You now show in the list of operators. Level **4** means you can run every command.

![The Operators card with Luca in the list at level 4](https://assets.docs.fps.ms/minecraft/how-to-give-yourself-op/04-operator-added-6899e58c.webp)

The change works right away. If you are already in the game, you can use commands now. You do not need to restart your server.

!!! tip "You can make someone an operator before they have ever joined your server. The panel checks the name with Minecraft, so a name that does not exist is refused."

## Remove OP from a player

1. Click the **...** button next to the player.
2. Click **Remove operator**.

## Use the console instead

You can also give OP from the **Console** page. Type the command without a `/`:

| Command | What it does |
|-|-|
| `op Luca` | Makes Luca an operator |
| `deop Luca` | Removes OP from Luca |

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