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title: "How to change spawn protection"
icon: lucide/pickaxe
description: "How to change spawn-protection in server.properties so players can break blocks in the spawn area."
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# How to change spawn protection

If players cannot break blocks in the spawn area on a Java server, the most common cause is `spawn-protection` in `server.properties`.

## Steps

1. Open `https://panel.nexuscloud.id/`.
2. Select your Java server.
3. Go to **Files**.
4. Open `server.properties`.
5. Find this line:

```properties
spawn-protection=16
```

6. Change the value to `0` to disable spawn protection entirely.
7. Save the file.
8. Restart the server.

## Note

According to the Paper documentation, `spawn-protection` uses a block-based radius, and the protection only activates if the server has at least one operator.

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