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The friends list is a social menu in Java Edition. It allows users to add or remove friends and view their friends' statuses.
The friends list can be accessed via the "Friends" button on the main menu or pause menu, or by using a keyboard shortcut (default ).
The friends list is presented as an overlay, containing two tabs:
The friends list updates every minute while it is open; otherwise it updates every five minutes.
When the "Friends" button is interacted with for the first time, a confirmation dialog box will appear asking the player whether they agree to use the friends list.
Some features must be enabled in the separate Online settings to allow friend requests. By default, the "Allow Requests" setting is disabled, which must be enabled to be able to receive friend requests.
The user's Xbox account settings may also hinder the functionality of the friends list. These can also be accessed and changed from the in-game Online settings menu by selecting Xbox Settings. The friends list can be disabled and enabled as a whole using the "Friends List" setting. When disabled, the "Friends" button is hidden and the list cannot be opened. Trying to open the friends list when it is disabled shows a confirmation box, just like when interacting with the feature for the first time.
The player can send a friend request to another player by entering their Java Edition profile name into the search box in the "Friends" tab, which will also send a friend request on the Xbox network.
A list of sent and received friend requests can be found in the "Requests" tab. Sent friend requests can be cancelled at any time. Received friend requests can be accepted or rejected, either in the Requests tab or on the Xbox network.
If the other player has "Allow Requests" disabled, the friend request won't be sent and an error message will be diplayed. The Friends button shows a notification badge with the number of incoming friend requests, up to 5.
Friends added through the Xbox network that own Java Edition will be synchronized in-game, and vice versa.
Friends can be seen in the "Friends" tab, displaying their skin's face, their profile name, and their online status. Players that have their chat settings set to "Friends Only" on their Xbox profile will only see chat messages from players if they are friends.
Friends can be removed from the list in the "Friends" tab with the "Remove friend" button. This will also remove the friend from the Xbox friends list.
A friend's online status is displayed under their name, with there being four possible online statuses:
The way the user's activity appears to their friends can be customized using the "Presence" setting in the Online settings menu, with three states:
Changes in the friends list while the game is open will be notified via a toast notification:
The toast notification will also display the face of the other player's skin if it is available.
Players that are in-game friends could join each other's online multiplayer worlds. Friends that are online can be invited to join to a world through the "Invite to game" button displayed next to their profile in the "Friends" tab. Friends can accept or deny the invite.
The player can also request to join a friend's online world. The friend can accept or deny the request in the "Friends" tab.
| The Story of Mojang | A roadmap is shown which depicts a friends list as a planned feature. Notch later acknowledges this.[1] | ||||||
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| June 27, 2011 | Notch mentions that a friends list system will be implemented at some point following Beta 1.8. | ||||||
| MINECON 2012 | Jeb states that a friends list could be used across all of Mojang's games, not just Minecraft. | ||||||
| June 11, 2013 | Kristoffer mentions that a friends list is being developed for Scrolls, and that other Mojang games will be able to use this system at a later date. | ||||||
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| 26.2 | snap7 | Added the friends list. | |||||
| snap8 | The enable friends list confirmation box has been changed. | ||||||
| May 26, 2026 | The multiplayer functionality of the friends list has been temporarily removed. | ||||||
| pre1 | No longer waits until the next presence update following the initial opening of the friends list to load player skins. | ||||||
| Friends list width has been increased to fit longer usernames. | |||||||
| "Manage online safety with your Microsoft account" text is no longer slightly offset to the left. | |||||||
| "Microsoft account" link now plays the click sound when pressed. | |||||||
| The "My profile name: " text now displays properly in right-to-left languages. | |||||||
| The friend list button is now always visible, even if the feature is disabled in the options. Clicking it when the functionality is turned off will show the screen for enabling it. | |||||||
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