How to Disable Nether in Minecraft Server

If you’re looking to disable the Nether in your Minecraft server, you’re in the right place. By completing this guide will show you how to disable nether in Minecraft server by editing the server.Properties file without affecting the end dimension and still allowing end in your Minecraft server.

We’ll walk you through stopping the server, making the change, and restarting it to apply the new settings.

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Key Takeaways

• To disable the Nether dimension on a Minecraft server, change the ‘allow-nether’ setting in the server properties file to false, then restart the server to apply changes.

• For Bukkit, Spigot, and Paper servers, the process is similar to Vanilla, but you may need to edit additional configuration files to effectively disable the Nether.

• After disabling the Nether, verify success by checking server logs and testing Nether portals to ensure they do not activate.

Disabling The Nether on Minecraft

By completing the steps below, you will disable the nether dimension in your Minecraft server

• Open your Apollo Panel

• Open your Files Manager and locate the server.properties folder

• Find the line allow-flight=true and change it to allow-flight=false

• To re-enable the nether, change it back from allow-flight=false to allow-flight=true

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Updated on: 03/11/2025