Minecraft

How to change MOTD

Caner Aug 24, 2025 Updated Feb 1, 2026

By default, your server will have a default MOTD such as Free Server Supplied by FPS.ms, though you can change this anytime to whatever you want.

  1. Open your browser and go to https://panel.fps.ms.
  2. Select your server and go to the Files tab.
  3. Find the file named server.properties and open it.
  4. Update a line called motd to whatever you want.
  5. Restart your server.
How to change MOTD
Note
If you want to customize your MOTD with different colors or bold text, you might want to check out https://mctools.org/motd-creator - you can copy and paste this directly into your server.properties.

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