{"id":4683,"date":"2021-05-05T15:10:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:14:20","slug":"how-do-i-join-my-minecraft-server-via-minecraft-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-do-i-join-my-minecraft-server-via-minecraft-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I join my Minecraft Server via the Minecraft Launcher?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: You can join your server using either your server address or your IP + port. You can find the server address at the top of our web interface. Here is an example (this is not your address).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/05\/MCserveradressEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/05\/MCserveradressEN.png 339w, https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/05\/MCserveradressEN-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After you have downloaded and installed Minecraft from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/\">official website<\/a>, you are almost ready to get started on your server. How exactly you have to proceed in order to connect to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/en\/gameserver\/minecraft-server-hosting\">GPORTAL server<\/a>, we will show you below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log on to our website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>My Servers<\/strong>\u201d in the menu on the left<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the chosen server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy the server address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start <strong>Minecraft<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Multiplayer and click <strong>Add Server<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name your server and paste (<strong>CTRL+V<\/strong>) to enter the server address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click \u201c<strong>Done<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You get back to the server list: The server should appear on it with green bars on the right side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the server to select it and click \u201c<strong>Join<\/strong> <strong>Server<\/strong>\u201d to join <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GPORTAL Minecraft Server - How to join a server via the launcher\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnimMWIZBf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button button-margin-top\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/minecraft\/\" style=\"background-color:#50fcea;color:#1e1e1e;border-radius:5px\"><strong>MORE ABOUT MINECRAFT<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: You can join your server using either your server address or your IP + port. You can find the server address at the top of our web interface. Here is an example (this is not your address). After you have downloaded and installed Minecraft from the official website, you are almost ready to get started on your server. How exactly you have to proceed in order to connect to your GPORTAL server, we will show you below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-blog-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,31],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minecraft: How do I connect to my Minecraft server? | GPORTAL Wiki<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Connecting to Minecraft servers via the Launcher in a few steps \u2714 Simply explained \u2714 Step-by-step explanation \u2714 Click here\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-do-i-join-my-minecraft-server-via-minecraft-launcher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minecraft: How do I connect to my Minecraft server? 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