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How to Turn Off Player Name Tags in Minecraft Java Edition

Use a Java Edition team rule to hide player name tags: set nametagVisibility to never, then add the players to that team.
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To hide player name tags in Minecraft Java Edition, create or choose a scoreboard team, set its nametagVisibility option to never, then add the players you want affected. For example, run these commands in order:

/team add hidden
/team modify hidden nametagVisibility never
/team join hidden <player>

Replace <player> with a player name or selector. To assign all currently online players, use /team join hidden @a.

Set a team so its members’ tags are hidden

  1. Open chat or the command interface and run /team add hidden. If you already have a team you want to use, skip this step and substitute that team’s name in the commands below.

  2. Set the team’s name-tag visibility: /team modify hidden nametagVisibility never.

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  3. Assign the player or players: /team join hidden <player>. To assign everyone currently online, run /team join hidden @a.

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Choose whether tags are hidden from everyone or only across teams

never hides name tags for members of the configured team. The other visibility options support team-relative behavior:

  • always is the default and displays the tags.
  • hideForOtherTeams hides the tags from players on other teams.
  • hideForOwnTeam hides the tags from players on the same team.

This is a team rule, not a local client display setting. To affect only one player, assign only that player to the team. To affect everyone, assign all current players; new arrivals may also need to be assigned by an administrator or a suitable server function.

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Use the command that matches your Java Edition version

Modern Java Edition uses /team. Java Edition 1.13 replaced the older /scoreboard teams command with /team, and the former /scoreboard teams option became /team modify.

On versions earlier than 1.13, the equivalent legacy command is /scoreboard teams option <team> nametagVisibility never. Check in-game help for the syntax available in your specific release.

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Know what the setting does not hide

The team visibility option is intended to control name-tag display for team members, but Mojang’s issue tracker documents an exception: setting visibility to never does not hide name displays on chest minecarts and similar non-living entities. Do not assume the option hides every custom entity name.

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