Minecraft

How to Give Yourself OP on Your Server

Minecraft·March 22, 2026·4 min read

Giving yourself OP (operator) permissions on your Minecraft server is one of the first things you will need to do. OP grants you access to all commands and administrative features of the server.

METHOD 1: From the Server ConsoleThe easiest way to give yourself OP is through the server console:

1. Go to your Holy Hosting server panel."op (your username)"2. Navigate to the

"Console" section. you must add the 3. Type the following command:op [your_username]

4. Press Enter. You should see a confirmation message."Send"

Alternatively, you can edit the ops.json file directly:1. Go to the Files section in your panel.2. Find and open the ops.json file.

4. Save the file and restart the server.

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