/msg

/msg

Aliases	/tell /w
Permission level required	0
Restrictions	None

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Sends a private message to one or more players.

Syntax

• Java Edition

/msg <targets> <message>

• Bedrock Edition

/msg <target: target> <message: message>

Arguments

JE: <targets>: entity
BE: target: target: CommandSelector<Player>

Specifies the player(s) to send the message to.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID‌. And the target selector must‌/should‌ be of player type. In Bedrock Edition, the target selector should be of player type.

JE: <message>: message
BE: message: message: CommandMessage

Specifies the message to tell.

It is a greedy phrase string argument (taking the rest of the command as the string argument). Can include spaces as well as target selectors. The game replaces entity selectors in the message with the list of selected entities' names, which is formatted as "name1 and name2" for two entities, or "name1, name2, ... and namen" for n entities. In Bedrock Edition, @<player name> can be used to mention a player; @here can be used to mention all players.

Result

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
Any	The command is incomplete, or any argument is not specified correctly.	Unparseable	Unparseable
	player: target is a target selector that is not of player type.	N/A	Failed
	<targets> or player: target fails to resolve to one or more online players.	Failed
	Otherwise	Successful

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
Any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
		On success	1	1	the number of targeted players
	Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
		On success	the number of targeted players	N/A	N/A

Examples

• To privately tell Steve to start the game: /tell Steve Start the game!
• To say "Hi" to all online players: /msg @a Hi
• To whisper to Makena instructions to trap Zuri: /w Makena Trap Zuri now!

History

[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.16_02							Added /msg, /tell, and /w.
[hide]Java Edition
1.16.2			Pre-release 2				This command now displays the message to the sender even if /gamerule sendCommandFeedback is disabled.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added /msg, /tell, and /w.

See also

• /tellraw — send a JSON message to players.