Play with friends

Add someone as a friend to see when they are online. Put them in a party to make sure you land in the same game.

Add a friend

Three ways, all equivalent:

Select their avatar in chat: right-click on Java, tap and hold on Bedrock, then choose Add friend.
Open the social menu from your hotbar in the lobby.
Type /friend add <playername>.

Your friend receives a request and can accept or decline. Use your social menu or the command /friend pending to see requests you have not answered.

Gamertags with spaces: replace each space with an underscore when typing the command.

Create a party

Invite someone with /party invite <playername>, or through the social menu.
They accept with /party accept <yourname>.
Walk into any game portal. Everyone in the party joins with you.

Party members follow the leader between games and can chat separately from Team and Global chats.

Party controls

I want to	Command
See who is in my party	`/party info`
Talk only to my party	`/party chat`
Send one global message while party chat is on	Start the message with `!`
Remove someone	`/party kick <playername>`
Hand over the party	`/party setowner <playername>`
Leave	`/party leave`
Close the party for everyone	`/party disband`

Messaging

On Java: /msg <playername> <message>, or /fmsg <playername> <message> for someone on your friends list.
On Bedrock, /msg and /tell are switched off for privacy and safety reasons. Message the player through Xbox, moderated by Microsoft.

If someone makes you feel unsafe, see [Safety articles].

Updated on: 16/08/2026

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