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Published 13 Aug 2026

by obw

If you live in the UK, you can't chat in Minecraft anymore. Here's how to fix it.

Vanilla launcher

If you're using the vanilla launcher, the process is pretty simple:

  1. Head to https://fabricmc.net/use/installer/ and click 'Download installer'. You can click 'Download for Windows' if you're on windows.
  2. Run the installer. You'll see this:

Screenshot of the Fabric installer

  1. Pick your desired Minecraft version, leave everything else as shown above.
  2. Click 'Install'!
  3. Once it's done, navigate to your .minecraft folder. The installer will show the path as "Launcher Location", or navigate to %appdata%/.minecraft.
  4. Head to https://modrinth.com/mod/no-chat-restrictions and click the big green "Download" button in the top right.
  5. Pick the same Minecraft version as you did earlier, and choose "Fabric" as the loader.
  6. Click "Download with deps" - this will download two jar files, for No Chat Restrictions and Fabric API. Put these mods in the .minecraft/mods folder (you'll have to create this folder).
  7. Open the Minecraft launcher. From the version dropdown, pick the newly created Fabric profile:

Screenshot of the Fabric profile

  1. You're done! Launch the game and you should have access to chat again.