How to change your Minecraft server address

A play address has the form name.mc.cheapestminecrafthosting.com. You choose the first part; the rest is the same for every server. Java players type the address exactly as the panel shows it.

An extra address follows the same pattern, for example oaksmp.mc.cheapestminecrafthosting.com. The card offers .mc.cheapestminecrafthosting.com as the only domain, so you type the first part alone. You do not need to set up DNS records.

The address from your order is the primary address. The panel has no option to rename or remove it. Players have it saved in their multiplayer list, and it is in your Discord, on server lists and in the email you got when the server went live.

To use a new name, add an extra address next to it. Every address leads to the same server, the same world and the same settings.

1. In your dashboard, click Open panel on the server.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Find the Play addresses card below Server identity. It lists your current address with the label Primary, followed by any extra addresses.
4. Under Add another address, type the first part of the new address in the field that shows yourname. The domain .mc.cheapestminecrafthosting.com is already selected next to it.
5. Click Add. The button only reacts once the name has at least 3 letters, digits or hyphens.
6. A message shows the full new address followed by works now, and the address appears in the list with its own copy button.

Read the address in the message before you share it. The panel writes the name in lower case and leaves out spaces and symbols, so Oak SMP! becomes oaksmp.

The server owner can always add an address. A person you gave access to the panel needs the Settings permission; give someone access to your server shows where to switch it on.

These are the rules the panel applies to the first part of the address:

Reserved names

Some names are kept for our own use, among them play, panel, admin, support, staff, billing, shop, store, status, help, mail, www, test and dev. For these the panel answers That one is ours. Try another.

Names refused by the word filter

A name with an offensive word in it gets the message Pick something we can put on a server address. Before it checks, the filter reads digits as the letters they look like (0 as o, 1 as i, 3 as e, 4 as a, 5 as s, 7 as t, 8 as b), ignores hyphens and counts a doubled letter once. A changed spelling of the same word is refused as well.

Because the filter searches inside the name, a few ordinary words are refused too, for example spike, canal, torpedo and essex. Pick another word in that case.

Tips for a good Minecraft server address

• Keep it short. Players type it by hand, and every extra character is a chance for a typo.
• Pick a name players can type after hearing it once in voice chat.
• A hyphen has to be spelled out loud: oak-smp is read as oak hyphen smp.
• Avoid digits next to letters that look like them, such as 0 next to o or 1 next to l.

Each server can have 3 extra addresses next to the primary one, so 4 in total. Below the Add button the card counts down, for example 2 more addresses available.

With all 3 in use, the input field is gone and the card says You are using all 3 extra addresses. Ask support if you need another one.

The card has no button to remove an extra address. Once added, it stays on the server, so choose the name before you click Add.

Players with the primary address saved can carry on as before. To get everyone on the new name:

1. Copy the new address with its copy button in the Play addresses card.
2. Post it in your Discord or group chat, and say that the old address also still works.
3. Replace the address on server lists and on your website.
4. Put the new address in the MOTD, the text under your server in the multiplayer list. Players who still use the old entry see it there. Server icon and MOTD shows how to edit it.

Update a saved server in Minecraft Java

1. Open Multiplayer and click the server once to select it.
2. Click Edit.
3. Replace the text in Server Address with the new address.
4. Click Done.

Bedrock players on a crossplay server keep joining with the address and Bedrock port the panel shows. Java and Bedrock crossplay explains that port.

A Minecraft server has several names, and each one is set in its own place:

Typing a new Dashboard name leaves the play address as it is. A player who renamed your server in their own list still connects through the address behind it.

The new address works a few seconds after the confirmation. If players still cannot join with it:

• Compare the address letter by letter with the one in the Play addresses card. Copying it from the card avoids typos.
• Try the primary address. If that fails too, the server is stopped or still starting; can't connect to your server goes through the causes.
• If only the new address fails, send it to support. Support answers every day from 07:00 to 23:00 Central European Time.