Remove your server from MC-Status
If your server is listed here and you would rather it were not, you can hide it yourself. This page explains how it got here, what hiding does, and what to do if you cannot verify ownership.
How your server ended up here
MC-Status does two things: it checks whether a Minecraft server is online, and it publishes a public catalog and ranking of servers. The two meet here — anyone can enter an address to check it, we send a standard Minecraft server-list ping (the same request the game client sends for a server in its list), and a server that answers can get a page in the catalog.
We never scan address ranges and never go looking for servers on our own: someone entered your address. Everything shown on the page is what your server itself answers to anyone who pings it. We do not join servers, attempt authentication, or bypass any access control.
What hiding does
- Removes the server from the public catalog and from every listing page.
- Its page stops working and returns "not found".
- MC-Status stops pinging it — both the scheduled checks and the checker on this site, which will refuse to check a hidden address.
- The record stays in our database, which is what keeps the address claimed: nobody can add it again by checking it.
- It is reversible — you can unhide it at any time from My Servers.
What hiding is not
Hiding is not deletion. Deleting a server releases its address, and the next person who checks that address recreates the listing from scratch. If your goal is to stay off the site, hide it — do not delete it.
How to hide it
Hiding requires verified ownership, so only the person who controls the server can do it:
- Sign in to MC-Status.
- Find your server and start ownership verification.
- Put the verification code anywhere in your server's MOTD, then confirm. You can remove the code straight after.
- Open My Servers and choose Hide.
We require verification because the alternative is worse: without it, anyone could hide — or unhide — someone else's server.
If you cannot verify
If your server is offline, or you cannot change its MOTD, get in touch and describe your situation. Include the server address and how you are connected to it, and we will handle it manually.
Keeping every service out, not just this one
Hiding affects MC-Status only. Other listing sites and internet-wide scanners find servers the same way we do — by pinging them. If you run a private server, the reliable fix is on the server itself:
- Set enable-status=false in server.properties — your server stops answering status requests entirely, so no listing site can show it.
- Set white-list=true and enforce-whitelist=true so only approved players can join.
- Keep online-mode=true so accounts are verified against Mojang.
- If the address has already reached public sources, consider changing it.