Options

Not to be confused with Main menu.

For the command line options, see Tutorials/Setting up a server § Minecraft options.

Minecraft's user environment can be configured through the Options menus. A few additional options can be changed only by editing the options.txt file manually.

Java Edition

Options

Selecting Options brings up the main options page:

Setting	Description	Default
FOV	A value that controls how much of the game world is visible on the screen. Also known as Field of View. In Minecraft, the FOV value represents how many degrees of vertical vision the player gets without modifying effects such as sprinting, flying or status effects. Note that other games' FOV setting might represent different angles, meaning that using the same FOV value across different games can yield different results. The table below shows how Minecraft's FOV setting affects horizontal field of view in different display aspect ratios. Setting name Setting value (vertical FOV) Resulting horizontal field of view 4:3 aspect ratio 16:9 aspect ratio 30° 39.3° 50.9° 40° 51.8° 65.8° 50° 63.7° 79.3° 60° 75.2° 91.5° Normal 70° 86.1° 102.4° 80° 96.4° 112.3° 90° 106.3° 121.3° 100° 115.6° 129.5° Quake Pro 110° 124.6° 137.0°	Normal (70)
Difficulty	Set the difficulty level from the choice of Peaceful, Easy, Normal, and Hard. If the padlock is clicked and confirmed, the difficulty on that world cannot be changed without commands. (Note that the difficulty cannot be changed if playing Hardcore Mode. On a server, difficulty can be changed only by commands or editing the server.properties file.) Only visible when in a world.	Varies on difficulty set on current world or server; defaults to Normal on Create New World screen.

Online

This is only visible in the main menu or when on a server.

Online Options	Description	Default
Realms Notifications	Toggles realms notifications.	ON
Allow Server Listings	Toggles whether the player name will show up in server listings.	ON
Server Difficulty	Toggles the difficulty of the server.	N/A

Skin Customization

Skin Customization Setting	Description	Default
Cape	Toggles the cape. If set to off, the cape texture for wearing a pair of Elytra would also be deactivated.	ON
Jacket	Toggles the body second layer.
Left Sleeve	Toggles the left arm second layer.
Right Sleeve	Toggles the right arm second layer.
Left Pants Leg	Toggles the left leg second layer.
Right Pants Leg	Toggles the right leg second layer.
Hat	Toggles the head second layer.
Main Hand	Switches the main hand, between left and right.	Right

Music & Sounds

Sound Setting	Description	Default
Master Volume	The volume of all sounds.	100%
Music	The volume of gameplay music, which is stopped by switching to OFF
Jukebox/Noteblocks	The volume of music and sounds played from jukeboxes and note blocks
Weather	The volume of rain and thunder
Blocks	The volume of blocks (pistons, chests, doors, etc.)
Hostile Creatures	The volume of monsters (except slimes and magma cubes)
Friendly Creatures	The volume of animals (except hoglins) and non-mob entities like minecarts, as well as slimes and magma cubes
Players	The volume of players (item plops, hurt sounds, etc.)
Ambient/Environment	The volume of ambience, sound of entering/exiting water and fireworks
Voice/Speech	The volume of speech in Minecraft (for map makers)
Device	Switch audio device.	System Default
Show Subtitles	Toggles subtitles.	OFF
Directional Audio	OFF defaults to stereo sound. ON uses HRTF (head related transfer function) based directional audio to improve simulation of 3D sound, which requires HRTF-compatible hardware and is best experienced when using headphones.	OFF

Video Settings

Video Setting	Description	Default
Fullscreen Resolution	Sets the resolution and framerate of the game when playing in fullscreen.	Current
Biome Blend	Sets the distance of color transitions between biomes.	5x5 (Normal)
Graphics	Fabulous! graphics uses screen shaders for drawing weather, clouds and particles behind translucent blocks and water. This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4K displays. Fancy enables higher quality graphic effects. Graphic effects include transparent leaves, increased rain particles, a black vignette around the screen in darker areas, and the world border red warning vignette effect. Fast disables those effects for better performance.	Fancy
Render Distance	The render distance controls how many chunks of the world are visible at once. The fewer chunks that are included, the faster each frame can be rendered, resulting in higher frames per second (FPS). The most distant terrain is faded into the sky color as if by fog, to avoid a sharp edge to the visible world; so this option is also known as "fog". The maximum value is 32 for 64-bit Java installs with at least 1 gigabyte of memory, and 16 in all other cases. Note: diameter = radius × 2 + 1 Name View distance (radius) Total count Blocks Chunks Sections 32 chunks ("Extreme") 512 4225 67,600 31 chunks 496 3969 63,504 30 chunks 480 3721 59,536 29 chunks 464 3481 55,696 28 chunks 448 3249 51,984 27 chunks 432 3025 48,400 26 chunks 416 2809 44,944 25 chunks 400 2601 41,616 24 chunks 384 2401 38,416 23 chunks 368 2209 35,344 22 chunks 352 2025 32,400 21 chunks 336 1849 29,584 20 chunks 320 1681 26,896 19 chunks 304 1521 24,336 18 chunks 288 1369 21,904 17 chunks 272 1225 19,600 16 chunks ("Far") 256 1089 17,424 15 chunks 240 961 15,376 14 chunks 224 841 13,456 13 chunks 208 729 11,664 12 chunks (default for 64-bit) 192 625 10,000 11 chunks 176 529 8464 10 chunks 160 441 7056 9 chunks 144 361 5776 8 chunks ("Normal", default for 32-bit) 128 289 4624 7 chunks 112 225 3600 6 chunks 96 169 2704 5 chunks 80 121 1936 4 chunks ("Short") 64 81 1296 3 chunks 48 49 784 2 chunks ("Tiny") 32 25 400	12 chunks (64‑bit Java) 8 chunks (32‑bit Java)
Chunk Builder	Determines which chunk sections are updated synchronously during a single frame. Threaded has nearby chunks compiled in parallel threads, which may result in visual holes when blocks are destroyed. Semi Blocking has chunks recompile immediately when some actions occur, including placing or destroying blocks. Fully Blocking defaults to the behavior used prior to Java Edition 1.18, in which chunks always compile immediately, which may affect performance when placing or destroying blocks.	Threaded
Simulation Distance	Simulation distance is similar to render distance, but affects the number of chunks in which entities are updated, and blocks and fluids are ticked. Simulation distance is more taxing on performance than the equivalent level of render distance. The available values are the same as render distance, except the minimum value is 5 chunks.	12 chunks (64‑bit Java) 8 chunks (32‑bit Java)
Smooth Lighting	Lighting is smoothed across the blocks (ambient occlusion) or each block has a distinctive light level. This setting does not change the gameplay in any way, but it has a slight effect on performance.	ON
Max Framerate	Limits the FPS. Limiting the framerate to a multiple of the player monitor's refresh rate can save processing power.	120 fps
VSync	Limits the player's frames per second to the screen's refresh rate, which is usually 60 Hz, 75 Hz, or 120 to 240 Hz on some gaming-targeted screens. Enabling VSync fixes tearing, but increases input latency and causes stuttering if one's computer cannot draw enough frames per second.	ON
View Bobbing	Toggles the "bobbing" motion of the camera as the player is walking. Disabling it may increase performance.	ON
GUI Scale	Controls the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale. This also controls the HUD (Heads Up Display) size. Note that the options available to the player depends on the game resolution. The number of available GUI scales for a specific resolution can be calculated using this formula: max(1, min(floor(width / 320), floor(height / 240))). A GUI scale of 1 is properly scaled using a resolution of 320x240, but smaller resolutions might cause elements to run offscreen. A GUI scale of n is only available at a resolution equal to or higher than (320 * n)x(240 * n), so a GUI scale of 2 is only available at resolution 640x480 or higher, a GUI scale of 3 is only available at resolution 960x720 or higher, and so on. There is no technical limit to how many GUI scales can be available. Auto sets the GUI scale to the highest value available for the current resolution. The GUI scale can also be changed by holding Ctrl and scrolling the mouse wheel in the Video Settings screen.	Auto
Attack Indicator	OFF No attack indicator renders. Crosshair A little gray translucent bar appears below the crosshair displaying attack power. Hotbar A little gray sword bar appears on the side of the hotbar (on the same side as the player's main hand) displaying attack power.	Crosshair
Brightness	Dims down or lights up the game's surfaces, even if fully dark. It has no effect on gameplay, it is a visual effect. Works in any dimension and affects the Night Vision status effect.	50
Clouds	Fancy causes the clouds to be rendered in 3D. Fast causes the clouds to be rendered flat. OFF causes no clouds to be rendered.	Fancy
Fullscreen	Puts Minecraft into Fullscreen mode; keeping it off keeps it in a window. This can also be changed with F11.	OFF
Particles	All allows all particles. Decreased reduces the amount of particles for some particle events. Minimal reduces particles further and disables some non-essential particles.	All
Mipmap Levels	The higher the level, the more the textures look "smooth". See File:Mipmap comparison.png for a comparison of the four mipmap levels and without mipmap.	4
Entity Shadows	Determines whether entities display simple shadows.	ON
Distortion Effects	Changes the distortion effects (e.g. Nausea and nether portal distortion).	100%
Entity Distance	Adjusts the distance that entities can be seen. Entities not within render distance can't be seen.	100%
FOV Effects	Changes the FOV effects of anything affecting them.	100%
Autosave Indicator	Toggles the autosave indicator.	ON
Glint Speed	Controls how fast the visual glint shimmers across enchanted items.	50%
Glint Strength	Controls the transparency of the visual glint across enchanted items.	75%

Controls

Main article: Controls

From the main Options page, one can click down to Controls for these additional settings:

Control Setting	Description	Default
Sneak	Enables players to stay sneaked.	Hold
Sprint	Enables players to stay sprinting.	Hold
Auto-Jump	Enables automatically jumping when the player walks near a block with a block of air above.	OFF
Operator Items Tab	Enables the "Operator Utilities" tab in the creative inventory if the player has the appropriate permissions.	OFF
Key Binds	Configuring keyboard controls	N/A

Mouse Settings

Mouse Setting	Description	Default
Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the mouse when looking in-game.	100%
Invert Mouse	Inverts vertical axis of the mouse when looking in-game.	OFF
Scroll Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the scroll wheel in-game. Values above 1 do not affect selecting items in the Hotbar.	1.00
Discrete Scrolling	Tells the game to ignore scroll magnitude values given by the operating system and instead to act as if the operating system supplied −1 or +1.	OFF
Touchscreen Mode	Toggles touchscreen mode, intended for touchscreen devices.	OFF
Raw Input	Takes the mouse input directly, instead of from the mouse cursor. This means that mouse movement is not affected by cursor acceleration or scaling, such as Windows' built in "Enhance pointer precision" and "Pointer speed".	ON

Language

Main article: Language

Allows players to change the language that is viewed by their client.

Language Setting	Description	Default
Force Unicode Font	ON Unicode Font OFF ASCII Font	OFF

Chat Settings

Chat Setting	Description	Default
Chat	Shown enables the player's ability to see the chat on a server. Commands Only allows the player to see only the output of commands in the chat. Hidden hides the chat on all servers.	Shown
Colors	ON allows the player to see the chat in many different colors. OFF disables this function and allows the player to see the chat only in a white color.	ON
Web Links	ON allows the player to see URLs and other links in the chat. OFF disables this function and blocks all URLs and other links.
Prompt on Links	ON forces a prompt to appear on the player's screen whenever they click on a URL to makes sure that they wish to exit Minecraft and head to the website. OFF turns the prompt off.
Chat Text Opacity	Changes the opacity of the chat text.	100%
Text Background Opacity	Changes the opacity of the text background.	50%
Chat Text Size	Changes how large the chat is shown.	100%
Line Spacing	Changes the amount of spacing between chat messages.	0%
Chat Delay	Changes the delay between chat messages.	None
Width	Changes the maximum width that the chat may appear.	320px
Focused Height	Changes the maximum height that the chat is allowed to appear when in focus (chat input and history open).	180px
Unfocused Height	Changes the maximum height that the chat is allowed to appear normally (chat input and history closed).	90px
Narrator	All narrates everything. Chat narrates the chat & system. System narrates the system. OFF Narrates nothing.	OFF
Command Suggestions	Toggles if command suggestions show up or not, if off the player has to press tab to bring them up.	ON
Hide Matched Names	Toggles if the game will attempt to apply chat hiding by matching the text in messages.
Reduced Debug Info	Toggles reduced information on the debug screen.	OFF
Only Show Signed Chat	Toggles whether the chat will display cryptographically signed messages. This may result in alterations by the server, such as chat styling not being displayed properly.	OFF

Resource Packs

Allows the player to change their resource pack settings.

Accessibility Settings

Accessibility Setting	Description	Default
Narrator	Toggles whether the narrator narrates all text, text in chat only, or text in menus only.	OFF
Show Subtitles	Toggles whether subtitles are shown.	OFF
Text Background Opacity	Changes the opacity of the background behind text.	50%
Text Background	Toggles whether the background behind text is restricted to chat or used everywhere.	Chat
Chat Text Opacity	Changes the opacity of the chat.	100%
Line Spacing	Changes the amount of spacing between chat messages.	0%
Chat Delay	Changes the delay between chat messages.	None
Auto-Jump	Enables automatically jumping when the player passes near a one block high wall.	OFF
Sneak	Enables players to stay sneaking without holding the assigned key down.	Hold
Sprint	Enables players to stay sprinting without holding the assigned key down.	Hold
Distortion Effects	Changes the distortion effects (e.g. Nausea and nether portal distortion).	100%
FOV Effects	Changes the FOV effects of anything affecting them.	100%
Monochrome Logo	Changes the Mojang Studios loading screen color from red to black.	OFF
Hide Lightning Flashes	Prevents the screen from flashing when lightning strikes. The lightning bolts themselves are still visible.	OFF
Darkness Pulsing	Changes how dark the Darkness effect gets when a warden or sculk shrieker gives it to the player. Fog distance remains unaffected.	100%
Panorama Scroll Speed	Changes the scrolling speed of the panorama in the main menu.	100%
Notification Time	Changes how long toast notifications (advancements, new recipes, etc.) display on screen.	10.0x
Glint Speed	Controls how fast the visual glint shimmers across enchanted items.	50%
Glint Strength	Controls the transparency of the visual glint across enchanted items.	75%
Damage Tilt	Controls the amount of camera shake caused by being hurt.	100%
High Contrast	Enhances the contrast of UI elements.	OFF
Narrator Hotkey	Toggles the ability to turn the narrator on and off with Ctrl + B (⌘ Cmd + B on Mac).	ON

Server Options

Server Setting	Description	Default
Server Resource Packs	Allows Minecraft to download resource packs from the server.	Prompt

Telemetry Data

Main article: Snooper

This option shows information on what data the game can send to Mojang, stating that it helps Mojang improve Minecraft based on info relevant to players. The "Give Feedback" button opens a link to feedback website while "Open My Data" shows the player information on telemetry data that is sent to Mojang, with the files removed after seven days. A link to the Microsoft privacy statement can be found on this page as well. A toggle for data collection is also available, though it is impossible to disable telemetry completely without client modifications.

Telemetry Data Collection Setting	Description	Default
Data Collection	Toggles between two options: Minimal only includes the required data. All includes both required and optional data. Additionally, when in an offline game, this option will forced to be None.	Minimal

Credits & Attribution

Option	Description
Credits	Opens the credits.
Attribution	Opens a link to this page.
Licensing	Opens a link to this page.

Bedrock Edition

Accessibility

Option	Description	Default
Text To Speech with Device Settings	Toggle the system speech settings.	ON
Text To Speech For UI	Toggle to read and speak background menus.	OFF
Text To Speech For Chat	Toggle to speak the chat messages and commands.
Enable Open Chat Message	Toggle to open chat message notification.	ON
Text Background Opacity	Change text tooltip background.	0%
Camera Shake	Toggle how the camera shakes visually.	ON
Darkness effect strength	Adjusts how dark the screen gets during the Darkness effect.	100%
Glint Strength	Adjusts how transparent the glint is on enchanted items.	75%
Glint Speed	Adjusts how fast the visual glint shimmers across enchanted items.	50%
Toast notification duration	Choose how long messages like game invites and Marketplace offers are visible.	3 seconds
Chat message duration	Choose how long messages in the chat remain visible.	10 seconds
GUI Scale Modifier	Controls the size of the GUI (graphical user interface).	0
Extra Large GUI Scaling	Enables an extra large version of the menu interface as an additional accessibility option. This setting might cause visual glitches to appear in some menu screens.	Unknown

VR / "PlayStation VR" Settings

These settings are available only on Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and PlayStation 4 and 5 while using the PlayStation VR device.

Option	Description
Center Cursor	Toggles to set the cursor to the center
Camera Movement	Snap Allows to turn the camera by periodic steps. Classic Allows the player to move the camera freely. Wheel Allows to turn the camera by rotating Right Stick in a circle. Snap Wheel Allows to turn the camera in pre-determined angles by rotating Right Stick in a circle.
Snap Angle	Toggles the size of each camera movement.
Variable Snap Angle	Toggles the size of each camera movement should change based on how far the player pushes Right Stick.
Snap Sound	Toggles sound to play each time the camera direction is changed.
Movement	Linear When turned on, the player's velocity is constant with all acceleration/deceleration disabled. Classic The player accelerates/decelerates normally in VR mode.
Jump	Linear All acceleration/deceleration is removed from the jump. The jump height is also reduced so that it is the same height as a block instead of slightly higher. Classic The player jumps normally in VR mode.
Immersive Mode Auto-Jump	Toggles the auto-jump feature, while on Immersive Mode.
Head Steering	Follow Gaze The player's direction of motion follows the player Follow Player Angle The direction of motion is independent of the player viewpoint.
Sticky Mining	Lock-On Mining is locked to a specific block when the player starts mining. Disabled The cursor moves freely in the environment as the player shifts the gaze while mining.
HUD Position	Drift The HUD is allowed to “float” for comfort. Fixed The HUD is fixed on the screen.
HUD Distance	Controls how far from the center of the player's vision the HUD displays.
Hand Controller Controls Item

Controls

Keyboard & Mouse

Option	Description	Default
Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning.	60
Spyglass Damping	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning while using spyglass.	50
VR UI Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the mouse inside the UI in VR mode.	1.00
Invert Y-Axis	Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down.	OFF
Auto Jump	Toggles the auto-jump feature.	OFF
Full Keyboard Gameplay	Toggles full keyboard gameplay feature.	OFF
Keyboard Layout	Chooses the keyboard layout to use.

Controller/Wireless Controller

Option	Description	Default
Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning.	60
Spyglass Damping	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning while using spyglass.	50
VR Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning in VR.	50
Invert Y-Axis	Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down.	OFF
Auto Jump	Toggles the auto-jump feature.
Hide Controller Hints	Toggles to hide the controller hints.
Hide Controller Cursor	Toggles the controller cursor feature.
A/B Button Swap	Chooses whether to swap the position of / button (/ Buttons on PlayStation).
X/Y Button Swap	Chooses whether to swap the position of / button (/ Button Swap on PlayStation).
Controller Cursor Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the controller cursor when turning.	100%
VR Auto Jump	Toggles the auto-jump feature while in VR mode.	OFF
Controller Layout	Chooses the controller layout to use.

Touch

Option	Description	Default
Sensitivity	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning.	60
Spyglass Damping	Changes the sensitivity of the camera when turning while using spyglass.	50
Invert Y-Axis	Toggles inversion of camera when looking up/down.	OFF
Auto Jump	Toggles jumping automatically up one-block changes in height.	ON on mobile, OFF on other platforms
Destroy block (vibrate)	Toggles vibration when destroying blocks.	ON
Split controls	Chooses whether to use the touchscreen to interact throughout the screen or use a crosshair.	OFF
Lefty	Toggles the D-pad being on the left/right side of the screen.
Swap Jump and Sneak	Chooses whether to swap the position of jump and sneak buttons.
Touch only affects hotbar	Chooses whether to use the touch for hotbar only.
Button Size	Changes the size of the buttons.	50

General

Profile

Option	Description	Default
Change Gamertag	Changes the player's gamertag. Visible when player is signed in.
Manage Account	Manages the player's account. Visible when player is signed in.
Manage who can send your Invites	Manages the player's invites. Visible when player is signed in.
Sign Out of your Microsoft Account	Sign out of the player's account. Visible when player is signed in.
Username	Changes the player's public username.
Auto Update Unlocked Packs	Toggle to auto update the new unlocked packs.	ON on other platforms, ON with Wi-Fi Only on mobile devices
Use Cellular Data	Toggle to use cellular data.	OFF
Require Encrypted Websockets
Only Allow Trusted Skins	Toggle to replace custom skins of other player to default skins.	ON
File Storage Location	Select the world storage location.	Varies on platforms between External/Application
Clear Account in Data
Credits	Opens the credits screen.
Attribution	Opens to the attribution site.
Licensed Content	Opens to the licensed content site.
Font License	Shows the Noto Sans font license.

Video

Option	Description	Default
Brightness	Adjusts the brightness of the game.	50
VR Brightness
Camera Perspective	Toggles first/third person view.	First Person
Fullscreen	Toggles the resolution of the game when playing in fullscreen.	OFF
Hide Hand	Toggles to hide the player hand.	OFF
Hide Paper Doll	Toggles the side-view of the player displayed in the top-left corner of the screen.	OFF
Hide HUD	Toggles to hide the HUD.	OFF
Screen Animations	Toggles the animations when switching UI or menus.	ON
HUD Opacity	Toggles the opacity of the HUD.	100%
Splitscreen HUD Opacity	Toggles the opacity of the HUD, while in split screen.	100%
Change Screen Safe Area	Adjusts the position of the game screen.
FOV	Changes the field of view.	60.00
Split Screen	Toggles between the horizontal and vertical orientation of the splitscreen.	Horizontal Split Screen
Show Autosave Icon	Toggles the autosave icon.	OFF
Outline Selection	Toggles the outline selection of the block.	ON on other platforms, OFF on mobile devices
In-game Player Names	Toggles the player name text.	ON
Splitscreen In-game Player Names	Toggles the player name text, while in split screen.	ON
View Bobbing	Chooses whether to show the bobbing when walking.	ON
Camera Shake	Toggle how the camera shakes visually.	ON
Fancy Leaves	Toggles transparent leaves.	ON
Fancy Bubbles	Toggles the water bubbles graphics.	ON
Render Clouds	Toggles the clouds graphics.	ON
Beautiful Skies	Toggles the sun, moon, clouds, stars and sky color.	ON
Smooth Lighting	Toggles smooth lighting.	ON
Fancy Graphics	Toggles fancy graphics. Note that clouds on fast graphics remain volumetric but become opaque.	ON
FOV Can Be Altered By Gameplay	Toggles whether gameplay affects FOV changes.	ON
UI Profile	Changes the game UI style between classic (desktop UI) and Pocket UI.	Varies on different platforms, defaults to Pocket on mobile devices such as Android and iOS, and defaults to Classic on other platforms.
GUI Scale Modifier	Controls the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale. This also controls the HUD (Heads Up Display) size.	0
Extra Large GUI Scaling	Enables an extra large version of the menu interface as an additional accessibility option.. This setting might cause visual glitches to appear in some menu screens.	Unknown
Upscaling	Boosts frame rates on GeForce RTX graphics cards with NVIDIA DLSS 2.0.	OFF
Ray Tracing	Toggles the ray tracing on or off.	OFF
Render Distance	Changes the render distance of the terrain, and also affects the render distance of foliage such as transparent leaves, crops and animated textures. Available in 2-10 sections on the slider, ranging from 4-96 chunks maximum (depending on the device). Controls the chunk render distance of ray tracing if "Ray Tracing" option is on.	Varies between different devices/platforms.
Ray Tracing Render Distance
VR Render Distance
Max Framerate (experimental)	Limits how many frames the game can render per second.	Unlimited
Anti-Aliasing	Toggles the amount of anti aliasing, which smooths the image and removes jagged edges. 2x MSAA 4x MSAA 8x MSAA	Varies between different devices/platforms.
VR Anti-Aliasing
Enable Mirror Texture
Hand Controller Pointer Visible
Hand Controller Hands Visible

Audio

Option	Description	Default
Main	Choose the volume level of all sounds.	100%
Music	Choose the volume level of the gameplay music.
Sound	Choose the volume level of gameplay sounds.
Ambient/Environment	Choose the volume level of Ambience, sound of entering/exiting water and fireworks.
Blocks	Choose the volume level of blocks (anvils, chests, doors, etc.).
Hostile Creatures	Choose the volume level of hostile and neutral mobs.
Friendly Creatures	Choose the volume level of passive mobs.
Players	Choose the volume level of players (item plops, hurt sounds, etc.).
Jukebox/Note Blocks	Choose the volume level of music and sounds played from Jukeboxes and Note Blocks.
Weather	Choose the volume level of rain and thunder.
Text To Speech	Choose the volume level of text to speech.

Global Resources

Allows the player to change their resource & behavior pack settings.

Storage

Allows the player to delete or change the worlds, resource and behavior packs, cached data, or world template.

Language

Main article: Language

Choose the languages in-game to use.

Video

Note: This video dates from release Java Edition 1.5, and so does not show all options currently available.

History

Java Edition Classic
0.0.12a					New fog distance option.
					Pressing F cycles between four levels of render distance.
0.0.23a					Added the options page.
					New custom keymappings.
					The FPS and chunk updates can now be toggled via the Show FPS button.
					Can now toggle fog distance from the options.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Added view bobbing button, and 3D anaglyph button.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Added Limit framerate button.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100205			Added difficulty button. Can change the difficulty to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.
Java Edition Infdev
20100615					Added fancy/fast graphics toggle button.
					Only the clouds could be toggled via the button.
20100616-1					Leaves are now affected by fancy/fast graphics.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.1					Removed Show FPS button.
					The music and sound buttons became sliders.
					Can now change mouse sensitivity with a slider.
Java Edition Beta
1.3					Smooth lighting was added.
1.5					Added GUI size and Advanced OpenGL settings.
1.6.6					Added the "Performance" option in Video Settings.
1.8		Pre-release			The Brightness setting was added, teased earlier that July. Options for remapping block place/use and block destroy/attack were added.
Java Edition
?					The side of grass blocks is now always tinted regardless of graphics settings.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The Clouds setting was added (however, texture packs were able to remove them before this option was introduced).
1.3.1		12w21a			The options menu was improved with a new "Chat Settings" menu.
1.4.2		12w34a			Added new Full-screen toggle to the Video settings.
					Added new "Use VSync" toggle in the Video settings.
		12w41a			Renamed "Chat Settings" to "Multiplayer Settings".
					Added an option to hide capes.
1.4.6		pre			Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.
1.5		13w09b			Moved Texture Packs setting from the main menu to the options menu.
1.7.2		13w36a			The options menu was revamped, including a brand new layout, new key binds and a "Super Secret Settings" button in the menu.
		13w36b			The "Super Secret Settings" button now plays a random sound when clicked.
		13w38a			The "Super Secret Settings" button now creates a shader effect on the game's display, in the following order: FXAA, Art, Bumpy, Blobs_2, Pencil, Color_Convolve, Deconverge, Flip, Invert, NTSC, Outline, Phosphor, Scan_Pincushion, Sobel, Bits, Desaturate, Green, Blur, Wobble, Blobs, Antialias, Default.
					Replaced the render distance "cycle" button with a slider ranging from 2 to 16 chunks.
					Added a max framerate slider option.
					Added mipmapping and anisotropic filtering.
1.7.4		13w47a			Added "Twitch Broadcast Settings" and "Twitch Chat Settings" buttons.
1.7.6		pre1			Server Resource Packs option is now per-server, and has three settings: Prompt, Enabled, and Disabled.
					The minimum FOV setting is now 30 rather than 70.
1.8		14w05a			Dropped items on Fast graphics now face the player on all three axes, rather than just xz.
		14w25a			Due to the introduction of proper item models, dropped items now always render in 3D, rather then just while on fancy graphics.
					Removed anisotropic filtering
		14w28a			Added the Alternate Blocks setting.
		14w30a			The render distance slider now goes to 32 on machines running 64-bit Java with at least 1 gigabyte of available memory.
1.8.1		pre1			Renamed "Multiplayer Settings" back to "Chat Settings".
		pre4			The option to enable entity shadows is now controlled separately from the standard fast and fancy graphics.
					The cloud's "fast" and "fancy" shape are controlled by the same option that enables clouds, rather than by the standard fast and fancy graphics.
1.9		15w31a			Removed "Super Secret Settings" and "Broadcast Settings".
					Removed Alternate Blocks from video settings.
					Added "Main Hand" to the skin settings.
		15w34a			Added "Attack Indicator" to the video settings.
		16w02a			Added "Voice/Speech" to the music & sound settings.
1.10		16w20a			Added "Auto-Jump" to controls.
May 30, 2018					"Super Fancy" graphic setting were mentioned at Minecraft Creator Summit 2018.
1.13		17w43a			Removed "3D Anaglyph" option.
					Added an option to change the full-screen resolution.
		17w47a			Options when editing a world to make a backup and open the backups folder.
					An option in chat settings to toggle automatic command suggestions (defaults on, otherwise hit tab to bring them up).
		18w21a			Disabled the "Allow Snooper" button in Snooper Settings, defaulting to being off. Was done to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
					Along with Snooper Settings getting disabled, the list of data shown is shortened drastically.
		pre6			Removed "force unicode font" option.
		pre8			Re-added "force unicode font" option.
		pre10			Option Fullscreen resolution capitalization changed to Fullscreen Resolution.
1.14		18w44a			Removed "Use VBOs" from video settings. VBOs are now always used.
		19w11a			Removed "Snooper Settings" after not being able to enable it since 18w21a. Configurable only in options.txt.
					Added "Accessibility Settings".
					The Tab ↹ key now cycles through the options.
		19w11b			Moved "Auto-Jump" to accessibility settings.
		pre2			Added a new section called "Mouse Settings", located under controls.
					Moved "Sensitivity", "Invert Mouse", and "Touchscreen Mode" to the mouse settings.
					Added "Scroll Sensitivity" and "Discrete Scrolling" to the mouse settings.
1.14.4		pre2			Added "Raw Input" to the mouse settings.
1.15		19w41a			Added "Sprint" and "Sneak" toggles to accessibility settings.
1.16		20w21a			Added functionality to import/export world settings.
		Pre-release 1			Added new "Fabulous!" graphics option.
		Pre-release 3			Changed tooltip description for the "Fabulous!" graphics option from "Fabulous" graphics enables screen shaders to draw translucent objects per-pixel. This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4k displays. to Fabulous! graphics uses screen shaders for drawing weather, clouds and particles behind translucent blocks and water. This may severely impact performance for portable devices and 4K displays.
					Changed tooltip description for the "Fancy" graphics option from: "Fancy" graphics balances performance and quality for the majority of machines. to Fancy graphics balances performance and quality for the majority of machines. Weather, clouds, and particles may not appear behind translucent blocks or water.
					Removed quotations from "Fast" and changed "tree-leaves" to "leaves" from the tooltip description for the "Fast" graphics option.
1.16.2		Pre-release 1			Added "Distortion Effects" and "FOV effects" sliders to video and accessibility settings.
					"Chat Delay" is now also available in chat settings.
1.16.4		Release Candidate 1			Added new "Hide Matched Names" to chat settings.
1.17		21w13a			Added "Monochrome Logo" to accessibility settings.
1.18		21w37a			Added "Priority updates" to video settings.
					Added "Hide Lightning Flashes" to accessibility settings.
					Added "Sneak" and "Sprint" to controls.
					Moved keyboard controls into "Key Binds", which remain under controls.
					Added "Device" to music & sounds settings.
		21w38a			Added "Simulation Distance" to video settings. This setting affects the entity update distance which was previously determined by "Render Distance".
		21w39a			The default brightness has been changed from "Moody" to 50.
		21w42a			Added "Autosave Indicator" to video settings.
		21w43a			Renamed "Priority updates" to "Chunk Builder".
		21w44a			Block and fluid ticking distance moved from "Render Distance" to "Simulation Distance". The minimum simulation distance is raised from 2 to 5 chunks.
					Added Online Options as a separate screen, with the "Realms Notifications" option being moved to this screen.
					Added "Allow Server Listings" and "Server Difficulty" to online options.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Added "Darkness Effect" to accessibility settings.
		22w11a			Added "Directional Audio" to music & sounds settings.
					"Darkness Effect" setting is not added yet in this non-experimental snapshot.
		22w12a			Re-added "Darkness Effect" to accessibility settings under the name “Darkness Pulsing”.
					The brightness can no longer be set to illegal values by editing the options.txt file.
		22w16a			The ⮸ Caps Lock key can now be bound in controls settings.
		22w19a			Added "Chat Preview" and "Only Show Signed Chat" to chat settings.
1.19.1		Pre-release 5			Added an "On Send" option for the Chat Preview setting.
					The previous "ON" chat preview option is now "On Modified".
		Release Candidate 2			The "On Send" and "On Modified" Chat Preview options are now called "When Sending" and "While Typing", respectively.
1.19.3		22w42a			Removed "Chat Preview" from chat settings.
					Added "Panorama Scroll Speed" to accessibility settings.
		22w45a			Added "Operator Items Tab" to controls menu.
		22w46a			Added "Telemetry Data" screen.
		Release Candidate 1			Removed the "Minimum" option from "Smooth Lighting" in video settings. The "Maximum" option under this setting has been renamed to "ON".
1.19.4		23w03a			Added "Notification Display Time" to accessibility settings.
					"Auto-Jump" is now off by default.
		23w05a			Added "Glint Speed" and "Glint Strength" to video settings and accessibility settings.
		23w06a			Added "Damage Tilt" to accessibility settings.
					Added a tooltip in the Key Binds screen that specifies which keybinds are conflicting.
					Renamed "Notification Display Time" accessibility option to "Notification Time".
					Texts in options buttons now have a scrolling animation whenever they are too large to fit.
		Pre-release 1			Added "High Contrast" to accessibility settings.
					"Glint Strength" is now 75% by default.
					The scrolling animation for texts in options buttons which are too large to fit is now slower.
		Pre-release 2			It is now possible to scroll using the arrow keys in the telemetry screen.
		Pre-release 4			Added "Credits & Attribution" button in the Options menu.
					Minecraft's Credits, Attribution, and Licenses can be accessed.
1.20		23w13a			The GUI can now be scaled in the Video Settings screen by holding Ctrl and scrolling the mouse wheel.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.20.2		23w31a			Added a link to the Microsoft privacy statement in the Telemetry Data menu.
		23w33a			Added "Narrator Hotkey" option to Accessibility settings.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.1					Added split controls option.
v0.4.0					Added option for peaceful mode.
v0.7.0					Redesigned options menu. There are now four sections in the menu: game, controls, graphics, and sound.
v0.8.0		build 1			Added "Show craftable recipes first" option.
					Added far (256 blocks) and farthest (400 blocks) render distances. The default render distance has been changed to far.
					By default, fancy graphics is now on.
		build 2			Removed "Show craftable recipes first" option.
					Removed option for smooth lighting. It is now always on.
		release			The default render distance has been changed back to normal (128 blocks).
v0.9.3					View distance on Android is no longer limited to 3 sliders.
v0.10.0		build 1			Added the brightness slider. It is located in the graphics menu.
v0.11.0		build 1			Worlds can now be renamed.
					Gamemode can be changed in the world edit menu.
					On creative mode worlds, the daylight cycle can be locked to day.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added option to swap jump and sneak.
v0.13.0		build 1			Multiplayer can now be disabled in the options menu.
v0.13.1					Removed sound section in the options menu. The volume slider is now in the Game section.
					On the title screen, the options icon is no longer a wrench.
					Made the options icon slightly bigger.
v0.14.2					Added "Fancy Leaves", "Anti-Aliasing", and "Particle Render Distance" option to the video settings on Windows 10.
v0.15.1		build 1			Added "Use Cellular Data" toggle.
v0.16.0		build 1			Redesigned options screen.
					Added "Audio Settings", "Keyboard and Mouse Settings", "Controller Settings", and "Profile" settings.
					Added "Camera Perspective" option to the video settings.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added "UI Profile" option to change between classic and pocket UI.
					Added "Text To Speech for Chat" option.
		alpha 1.0.0.0			Added "Change Screen Safe Area" option to the video settings.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Classic UI now repositions the health, hunger, oxygen, and armor bars to above the hotbar instead of the top of the screen, making it like Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition.
					Added "Smooth Lighting" to the video settings.
					Added "Require Encrypted Websockets" to the profile settings.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added "Hide HUD", "Hide Hand", "Outline Selection", "In-game Player Names", "HUD Opacity", "Hide Paper Doll", "Show Autosave Icon", and "Render Clouds" to the video settings.
1.2.1					Added "FOV Can Be Altered By Gameplay" option to the video settings
1.2.3		beta 1.2.3.3			Added "Licensed Content" button to the profile settings.
1.2.5		beta 1.2.5.12			Removed "Limit World Size" option.
1.2.10		beta 1.2.10.1			Added "Controller Cursor Sensitivity" option to the controller controls settings.
1.2.13		beta 1.2.13.5			Added "Screen Animation" option to the video settings.
					Added "Touch only affects hotbar" option to the touch controls settings.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.11			Added "A/B Button Swap" and "X/Y Button Swap" option to the controller controls settings.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Added "Full Keyboard Gameplay" toggle to the Keyboard & Mouse settings.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.7			Added "Fancy Bubbles" to the video settings.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Added "Accessibility Settings".
					Added "Enable UI Screen Reader" to the accessibility settings.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.2			Added "Enable Open Chat Message" to the accessibility settings.
		beta 1.13.0.9			Added "Credits" button to the profile settings.
		beta 1.13.0.15			Added "Enable Text To Speech with Device Settings" to the accessibility settings.
1.14.60					Added "Only Allow Trusted Skins" option to the profile settings.
RTX Beta		beta 1.15.0.8			Added advanced video settings along with "Upscaling" and "DirectX Ray Tracing".
					Moved "View Bobbing", "Fancy Leaves", "Fancy Bubbles", "Render Clouds", "Beautiful Skies", "Smooth Lighting", "Fancy Bubbles", "Fancy Graphics", "Render Distance", "Particle Render Distance", and "Anti-Aliasing" options to advanced video settings.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.63			Added "Text Background Opacity" to the accessibility settings.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.50			Added "Font License" button to the profile settings.
		beta 1.16.100.54			Removed "Particle Render Distance" option to the video settings.
		beta 1.16.100.57			Added "Camera Shake" to the accessibility and video settings.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.53			Added "Sound", "Ambient/Environment", "Blocks", "Hostile Creatures", "Friendly Creatures", "Players", "Jukeboxes/Note Blocks", and "Weather" to the audio settings.
					Added "Upscaling" and "Ray Tracing" to the video settings, ported from the RTX Beta.
					Renamed "Master Volume" to "Main" in the Audio settings.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.54			Added text-to-speech setting to the Audio settings.
		beta 1.16.210.58			Broadcasting options are now completely removed from the game again, since Mixer streaming services are no longer available.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			Added "Spyglass Damping" scale option ranging from 0 to 100.
		beta 1.17.0.54			Added Creator settings which currently has content log settings.
1.17.30		beta 1.17.30.20			Added "Clear Hotbar" option to the controller settings.
1.19.40		beta 1.19.40.20			Split "Profile" section into "General" and "Account".
1.19.80		beta 1.19.80.20			Added "Glint Speed" and "Glint Strength" to accessibility settings.

Gallery

Java Edition

Options Menus

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  The default main options menu.
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  The default online options menu.
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  The default skin customization options menu.
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  The default music and sound options menu.
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  The default video options menu.
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  The default controls menu.
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  The default language options menu.
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  The default chat options menu.
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  The default resource packs options menu.
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  The default accessibility options menu.
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  The default key binds menu.
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  The default mouse settings menu.
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  First screenshot of the vsync option.
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  First screenshot teasing the super secret settings option.
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  First screenshot of the autojump option.
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  First screenshot of the audio device option.
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  First screenshot of the revamped keybind options.
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  First screenshot of the revamped sound options.

Other

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  A comparison between the five mipmap levels. Enlarge to view animation.
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  A comparison between no biome blending and 5×5 biome blending.
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  A comparison between a cave with smooth lighting enabled and the same cave without it.

Bedrock Edition

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  The options screen in the Android version before v0.7.0 Alpha.
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  The options screen in the iOS version before v0.7.0 Alpha.
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  Options screen from v0.7.0 to v0.7.5.
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  Options screen before v0.12.1 (Omitted the sound button and added the Skin button).
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  The options screen from 1.0.4 to 1.1.5.
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  The current options screen.
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  The view bobbing option.
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  The brightness and view distance sliders.
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  The pick block keybind option.

See also

• Heads-up display
• Third person view
• Debug screen
• Host privileges
• Options.txt