AFK Display is a Minecraft data pack that flags players as AFK directly in the player list, sidebar, and chat once they stop moving for a few minutes. It's built for multiplayer servers where admins and other players need a quick, automatic way to tell who's actually away, without installing a separate plugin or relying on players to type a manual command.
How to install AFK Display
- 1.Download the data pack zip from the AFK Display Modrinth page.
- 2.Drop the zip file into your world's or server's datapacks/ folder without extracting it.
- 3.Run /reload in-game, or restart the world or server so the pack loads.
What changes in-game
- Players who stand still for between two minutes thirty seconds and five minutes are added to an internal AFK team.
- An [AFK] tag appears next to the player's name in the tab list, sidebar, and chat while they're on that team.
- Moving again immediately removes the player from the AFK team and clears the tag.
- The /trigger afk command lets a player flag themselves as AFK right away instead of waiting out the timer.
Multiplayer use
AFK Display runs server-side and needs no client installation for players to see the tag, since it relies on vanilla scoreboard teams and the tab list rather than a resource pack or mod. It fits any survival or SMP server that wants a lightweight, config-free way to show who's idle without adding a full AFK-kick or economy plugin.
Uninstalling AFK Display
Questions about AFK Display.
5 questions
How do I install AFK Display?
Download the data pack from Modrinth, drop the zip into your world's or server's datapacks/ folder, then run /reload or restart to load it. No extra configuration file or setup step is required.
Does AFK Display need a resource pack?
No. It only uses vanilla functions, scoreboards, and teams to show the AFK tag, so there's nothing for players to install client-side beyond the data pack itself.
Does AFK Display work on multiplayer servers?
Yes. It's built for servers: the data pack runs server-side and marks any player who stops moving for two and a half to five minutes with an AFK tag that everyone else in the tab list or chat can see.
Which Minecraft version does AFK Display support?
The current release supports Minecraft 1.21 through 26.2. It targets modern data pack formats, so it won't load correctly on Java releases before 1.21.
How do I remove AFK Display without leaving leftover data?
Run /function afk_display:uninstall in-game before deleting the pack from the datapacks/ folder. This clears the scoreboard objectives and teams it created so the world stays clean.
