How to Reset Player Data on Your Minecraft Server
Delete player inventories, positions, and stats by clearing the playerdata folder.
How to Reset Player Data on Your Minecraft Server
Resetting player data clears inventories, positions, experience, health, and advancements for all players. Each player starts fresh on their next login as if joining for the first time.
Steps
- Stop your server from the control panel
- Go to the File Manager tab
- Navigate to
world/playerdata/ - Select all files and delete them
- Also clear
world/advancements/if you want to reset advancement progress - Also clear
world/stats/if you want to reset player statistics - Start the server
New data files are generated automatically when each player logs in.
Resetting a Single Player
To reset only one player's data, you need their UUID:
- Look up their UUID at mcuuid.net
- In
world/playerdata/, find the file named<uuid>.dat - Delete that file
The player's inventory, position, and health will reset on next login. Their builds and placed blocks are unaffected — those are part of the world data.
What Gets Reset
| Folder | Data |
|---|---|
world/playerdata/ | Inventory, position, health, hunger, XP, ender chest contents |
world/advancements/ | Advancement/achievement progress |
world/stats/ | Play time, blocks mined, mobs killed, distance walked |
What Is Not Affected
- The world itself — all builds, terrain, and placed blocks remain
- Whitelist, bans, and ops — stored in separate files (
whitelist.json,banned-players.json,ops.json) - Plugin data — economy balances, homes, warps, etc. are stored in plugin-specific folders, not in
playerdata/