How To Allow Java Through Your Firewall for Minecraft Servers (Windows Defender)

This video is a complete guide on how to allow Java in your Windows Defender fire wall. This is most commonly done when hosting a Minecraft server as Windows Defender needs to allow public connections to Java in order for your friends to be able to join your Minecraft server. Luckily, in this video, we show you how to find Window Defender, and how to allow Minecraft servers through your Windows Firewall!

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About this video: If you want to add Java to your Windows Defender firewall for a Minecraft server, this is the video for you! We show you exactly how to make an exception in Windows Defender for Java and Minecraft. By doing this, you will be able to let people join your server through your public IP address. Thus, without any more delay, here is how to allow Java in Windows Defender.

The first step is to open up your Windows Control Panel. After that, click on ‘Windows Defender Firewall’. That will open up your firewall settings. From here, you actually need to select ‘Advanced Settings’. This is where we will be able to see all of the firewall rules in Windows Defender. There are going to be tons of different rules here for pretty much everything that connects to your computer.

When it comes to Minecraft though, we are going to be focusing on inbound rules as we are looking for people to make an inbound connection to your computer for your Minecraft server. When you click on inbound runes, find all of the mentions of ‘Java’ and Minecraft, and enable. You want to make sure that all of these are enabled and allowing public and private connections in order to get your server where people can join it.

Oddly enough, you don’t need to select ‘Minecraft’ in order to allow people to join your server. You just need to select Java. Minecraft is to do with you joining people’s servers in Minecraft.

After that, you can start your server, and your friends will be able to join assuming that your port forward is correct. If they can’t there is most likely an issue with your port forward or an issue with a firewall on your router.

Congratulations! You now know how to add a Minecraft server to your Windows Defender firewall. If you have any questions about adding your firewall to Windows Defender, be sure to let us know in the comment section below. If we did, however, teach you how to make an exception in your Windows Defender firewall, be sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t already. It really helps us out, and it means a ton to me.

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[TheBreakdownXYZ]

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[peacefulchild]

Still isnt working for me. Literally EVERYTHING is on pls HELP

[lexa]

i tried SOOOO many fixes for this problem and none of them worked except for this one!!! i’m soo happy i can finally play with my friends again thank you so much❤️

[elijah]

I cant even find java in the control panel inbound rules

[ChennyB]

He forgot to add in the Inbound Rules to allow "OpenJDK Platform binary". Because this is what helped for me.

[OfficialDenzy]

Thank you so much. I normally got kicked from servers, because of my firewall, but now I can play freely on my friends minecraft server now

[marissabrandt]

Minecraft isn't even showing up for me..? Yes, I have Java Edition installed...

[StrictArtist]

Thank you very much! I just got a new server and I didnt do this for years, so the tutorial helped to refresh my memory.

[brockbolt]

at 2:00 the icons are set to default by your computer to show as small icons, however, the default windows settings for me were small icons. I was able to find it with some digging, but it might cause problems for some.

[junkeh]

I can’t find Minecraft in inbound rules

[Naricie]

This tutorial is great but I need some help. I don't have any Minecraft options along with the java ones. Is there a way to add them manually as well, like you showed with java?

[rosettastoned]

I haven't been playing for a while now, and to my surprise they merged with microsoft, it took me 4 hours to figure out what to do and how to fix the realms that were disabled for some reason... the commands in the game didn't work, so youtube suggested to go to the menu and enable the "open for LAN" option, but it was disabled as well (didn't let me press it). then I've found your video, followed the exact same steps (had to add both JAVA files), even though it didn't enable the LAN option, it actually allowed me to use the commands lol I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the firewall stuff, BUT it fixed my initial problem :D THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[IceOfPhoenix]

All the Java SE Binary thingies are fine but i dont have the java w appearing

[yangluchshenko]

Thank you very much! I am playing on Tlauncher, but it worked for me too! thanks!

[mkouuJ]

i cant seem to find java on inbound for some reason. Edit: nvm he says if u don’t see it to do something keep watching

[goldengirl]

Thank you! I just spent 4 hours trying to figure this out, including over 2 hours on the phone with Microsoft Support with no answer. You got it right!

[amandawiss]

Thank you much!!!! This has been driving me to the brink of insanity, trying to figure it out!

[DravGro]

What if there are ZERO listings for Java?

[shrivanthreddy]

I added two things (java.exe and javaw.exe) but the prob is not yet fixed

[Bafflegab_Z]

Thank you so much, I was struggling a lot and even my dad who works with computers for a living was struggling. This tutorial worked perfectly and answered a lot of my confusion, you're an absolute legend!