Commands/kill

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Kills entities (players, mobs, items, etc.).

Directly kills living targets compulsorily (directly removes the entity) and prompts Killed <entity display name>, or <Killed <number> entities if multiple entities are killed, which is irrespective of any of the targeted mob(s)' protective effects (armor, Protection, and Resistance). However, the damage can be adjusted by the ender dragon. Totems of undying can't be triggered when their owner(s) die(s) because of this command.

When the command kills mob(s), it issues the appropriate death message. Players and mobs killed this way drop loot, and slimes, magma cubes, and sulfur cubes that are not of minimum size spawn smaller ones. Non-mob entities disappear if they are targeted.

In Java Edition, ender dragons killed by this command will skip their death animation and immediately open the exit portal.

In Bedrock Edition, players in Creative mode cannot be killed using this command.

• Java Edition

kill [<targets>]

• Bedrock Edition

kill [target: target]

JE: <targets>: entity
BE: target: target: CommandSelector<Actor>

Specifies the target(s) to kill. If not specified, defaults to the player who executed the command.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

• To kill the player executing the command: kill @s or kill
• To kill the player Steve: kill Steve
• To kill item entities: kill @e[type=item]
• To kill all entities except players (if there are too many entities, some won’t be killed.) : kill @e[type=!player]
• To kill all creepers within 10 blocks:
  • JE: kill @e[distance=..10,type=creeper]
    
  • BE: kill @e[r=10,type=creeper]
• To kill all arrows that are stuck in a target: kill @e[type=arrow,nbt={inBlockState:{Name:"minecraft:target"}}]‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.6			server 0.2.8				Added /kill. It currently deals 1000HP × 500 damage.
Java Edition
1.3.1			12w16a				/kill is now usable in singleplayer.
							Parsing of the command is now more strict, rejecting extra characters after the command name (such as /killme or /killed). However, arguments are still ignored, meaning /kill playername still only kills the executor.
							/kill now uses void damage instead of generic damage, bypassing armor. The death message is now "player fell out of the world" instead of "player died".
							/kill now prints the message "Ouch. That look [sic] like it hurt." on execution.
1.6.1			13w24b				/kill now deals 3.4×1038 damage.
1.8			14w02a				Added (player|entity) argument to /kill.
							Replaced the "Ouch! That looked like it hurt" message with "Killed player".
			14w02c				To fix MC-44371, /kill now directly kills non-living targets.
1.13			17w45a				<target> argument is no longer optional.
1.15			19w38a				<target> argument is once again optional.
1.20			Pre-release 1				/kill now uses generic_kill type damage instead of void damage.

• "/kill Command" – Microsoft Learn, October 11, 2023.