Which button is used to pause Minecraft?

Q: What is the pause button in Minecraft?

The pause menu is one of Minecrafts multiple menu screens. Activated during gameplay, it provides a portal to configure game options, quit out of a world, and more. This menu can be accessed anytime by pausing the game with the Esc key by default.

The pause menu is one of Minecraft's multiple menu screens. Activated during gameplay, it provides a portal to configure game options, quit out of a world, and more.

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What is the pause button in Minecraft?
How do you pause Minecraft with keyboard and mouse?
How do you pause Everything in Minecraft?

This menu can be accessed anytime by pausing the game with the Esc key by default.

Buttons[]

Java Edition[]

The pause screen in Java Edition.

Option	Description
Back to Game	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft.
Advancements	Shows all of the advancements the player has and hasn't completed.
Statistics	Shows the player's statistics.
Give Feedback	Provides a link to the feedback site.
Report Bugs	Provides a link to the Java Edition page on bug tracker.
Options...	Opens the "options" menu, which can change the difficulty, controls, settings, resource packs, music, sounds, and more.
Open to LAN	Provides an option to allow players from the local network to play in this world.
Player Reporting	Used to report players for abusive messages. Note that it is only accessible in multiplayer worlds.
Save and Quit to Title	Saves the game's progress and goes back to the menu screen.

Bedrock Edition[]

The pause screen in Bedrock Edition.

Option	Description
Resume Game	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft. The pause menu does not actually pause the game; it continues running even in single-player mode.
Settings	Opens the Settings menu, which allows the player to configure controls, difficulty, sounds, and more.
Marketplace	Opens the Marketplace.
Save and Quit	Saves the game's progress and goes back to the menu screen.
Dressing Room (below player skin)	Allows the player to change their skin and access the character creator.
Feedback (speech bubble icon, bottom left)	Opens the Minecraft Feedback site.
Achievements (potion icon, bottom left)	Shows all of the achievements the player has and hasn't completed.

Sounds[]

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	None	Master Volume	Clicking a menu button	ui.button.click	None	0.25	1.0	16

History[]

Java Edition Classic
0.0.12a	Added the pause menu, which, like today, could be opened by pressing ESC.
0.0.23a	Menu buttons now have a texture.
Java Edition Indev
?	Pause menu now stops the game.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.9	The background of the pause menu has now been darker.
Java Edition
1.3.1	12w18a	The "Saving level..." text no longer appears in the pause menu among several other features broken by this version.[check the code]
1.11	16w38a	Capitalised "Game menu" to "Game Menu".
1.14	18w43a	Added the "Give Feedback" and "Report Bugs" buttons to the pause menu.
1.19.1	22w24a	Added a "Player Reporting" button, which is only visible while on a server.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0	beta 1.9.0.2	Added "Feedback" button to the pause menu.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.30.20	The feedback button now appears at the down left as an icon.
The options, achievements or invite button now appear besides the feedback button.

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References[]

What is the pause button in Minecraft?

The pause menu is one of Minecraft's multiple menu screens. Activated during gameplay, it provides a portal to configure game options, quit out of a world, and more. This menu can be accessed anytime by pausing the game with the Esc key by default.

How do you pause Minecraft with keyboard and mouse?

Pressing Esc while holding F3 pauses the game without bringing up the pause menu.

How do you pause Everything in Minecraft?

You can pause Minecraft java without the menu by simply pressing Pressing “Esc” while holding “F3”. This will pause the game without bringing the menu. With this time stops, everything is halted but chunks are still being loaded.