What is playerdata?
Playerdata contains inventory and location data of a player in the world. Removing this will essentially make it like a new player has joined your server.
NOTE: Since plugins are located in a different folder, resetting player data will not affect plugins.
Locating a Player’s UUID
Minecraft uses UUID’s, or Universally Unique Identifiers, to identify all players within Minecraft. In order to reset data from a specific player, we’ll need to first locate their UUID. This is a string of 32 characters and looks like this: 069a79f4-44e9-4726-a5be-fca90e38aaf5
To locate a UUID, you’ll need to use a website such as mcuuid.net or namemc.com. For this example, we’ll use mcuuid.net.
- Simply navigate to the website here: mcuuid.net.
- Type in the players’ in-game name and select Lookup.
- Make note of the Full UUID. You’ll need that for the next steps.
Resetting Player Data
- Log into our control panel at cp.snakecrafthosting.com and select your server.
- Make sure your server is powered off. If you aren’t sure, select the Console tab then click Stop.
- Select the Files tab, then navigate to world > playerdata.
- Locate the UUID of the player you just found and select the three dots on the entry, then Delete.
- Start your server!
