DeletePhantoms
DeletePhantoms is a lightweight Minecraft plugin that completely eliminates phantoms from your server.
Unlike solutions that only block phantom spawning, DeletePhantoms removes phantoms whenever and however they appear, including:
- Natural insomnia spawns
- Phantoms loaded with chunks
- Command- or plugin-spawned phantoms
- Edge cases that bypass gamerules
If a phantom exists, this plugin deletes it.
DeletePhantoms is designed to be minimal, fast, and safe, with no gameplay side effects and no noticeable performance impact.
It does exactly one thing, and it does it reliably.
Why DeletePhantoms?
🛑 Not just spawn prevention
Many plugins and gamerules only stop new phantom spawns.
DeletePhantoms actively removes phantoms that already exist or appear through non-standard methods.
What that means:
- No surprise phantoms after restarts
- No phantoms loaded from chunks
- No phantoms spawned by commands or other plugins
- No edge cases slipping through
Once installed, phantoms are gone for good.
Features
- Completely prevents phantom spawning
- Instantly removes any phantoms that appear
- Purges phantoms on chunk load
- Optional periodic global phantom cleanup
- Optional startup purge on server boot
- Reload command:
/phantomerase reload - Configurable settings with ignored worlds support
Compatibility
Tested on Paper 1.21.
Designed to work on:
- Paper
- Purpur
- Spigot
- Bukkit
- Folia
Configuration
DeletePhantoms works out of the box with no setup required.
Optional settings allow you to:
- Exclude specific worlds
- Enable or disable periodic cleanup
- Control startup purge behavior
Support
For help, bug reports, or suggestions, you can join the discord.
Note:
DeletePhantoms is intentionally minimal.
It does not modify gameplay mechanics or add new systems.
It simply ensures phantoms never exist on your server.
