[Private] signs allow you to protect your containers and builds from unwanted access. Use them on chests, barrels, doors, trapdoors, fence gates, furnaces, and more. No complicated setup required—just place a sign!
Hold a sign in your hand.
Right-click the block you want to protect (e.g., a chest).
The sign will auto-fill with:
Line 1: [Private]
Line 2: Your username
Want to place a normal sign instead?
Hold Shift and right-click to place it without enabling protection.
[Redstone]
– Allows hoppers to access the container and redstone to open doors.
[Timer:X]
– Doors will automatically close after X seconds (X must be 0–9).
[Everyone]
– Grants access to all players while maintaining protection from edits or removal.
To share access with others, you’ll need to manually create the sign using the editor:
Crouch (hold Shift) and place the sign.
Fill in the lines as follows:
Line 1: [Private]
Line 2: Your username
Line 3: Friend’s username
Line 4: (Optional) Another player’s username
You can grant access to up to two additional players.
To remove the protection:
Break the sign
Or remove the [Private]
tag from Line 1
Once removed, the block will be accessible to everyone.