To whisper to a friend in Minecraft, open chat and use a private-message command like:

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/msg FriendName your message

You can usually also use:

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/tell FriendName your message
/w FriendName your message

These send the message only to that player instead of the whole chat.

Quick steps

  1. Open the chat window.
  2. Type one of the whisper commands.
  3. Replace FriendName with your friend’s exact username.
  4. Add your message and press Enter.

Example:

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/msg Steve meet me at base

Notes

  • On some servers, custom plugins may change which private-message command works best.
  • If your server uses a different chat system, the same idea still applies: private message the player by name rather than sending a public chat message.

Command options

Command| What it does
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/msg| Sends a private message to one player 9.
/tell| Same as /msg on many versions and servers 25.
/w| Another common alias for whispering 59.

If you want, I can also give the exact command for Java Edition vs Bedrock Edition.