How to clear your inventory in Minecraft

Type /clear in chat as an operator to empty your own inventory, or clear Steve minecraft:tnt in the server console to remove one item from a player.

clear

Removes items from player inventories, either everything or a specific item and amount.

/clear [<targets>] [<item>] [<maxCount>]

Examples

/clear Steve

Empties Steve's whole inventory.

/clear @a minecraft:tnt

Removes all TNT from every player.

/clear @p minecraft:diamond 0

Counts the nearest player's diamonds without removing any.

Arguments

targetsOptional: Player name or selector. Defaults to yourself.
itemOptional: Item ID or #tag to remove. Defaults to every item.
maxCountOptional: Maximum number of items to remove. 0 only counts.

What it does

With no arguments it empties your own inventory. Name an item (or an item tag like #minecraft:logs) to remove only that, and add a maximum count to limit how many are removed. A max count of 0 removes nothing and only reports how many matching items the player has.

Good to know

Needs operator permission level 2.
Armor and the offhand slot are cleared too.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

Your own
Minecraft server.

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