/say

Broadcasts message in the chat to all players on the server.

• Java Edition

say <message>

• Bedrock Edition

say <message: message>

JE: <message>: message
BE: message: message: CommandMessage

Specifies the message to say.

It is a greedy phrase string argument (taking the rest of the command as the string argument). Can include spaces as well as target selectors. The game replaces entity selectors in the message with the list of selected entities' names, which is formatted as "name1 and name2" for two entities, or "name1, name2, ... and namen" for n entities. In Bedrock Edition, @<player name> can be used to mention a player; @here can be used to mention all players.

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
Any	The command is incomplete, or any argument is not specified correctly.	Unparseable	Unparseable
	Otherwise	Successful

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
Any	Java Edition	On success	1	1	1
	Bedrock Edition	On success	1	N/A	N/A

Java Edition Classic
0.0.16a_01			server 1.1				Replaced /broadcast with /say.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added /say.

• /tell – Sends a message to specific players.

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

v t e Commands
All editions	clear clone damage deop difficulty effect enchant execute fill function gamemode gamerule give help kick kill list locate loot me msg op particle place playsound recipe reload ride say schedule scoreboard setblock setworldspawn spawnpoint spreadplayers stopsound summon tag teleport tell tellraw time title tp transfer w weather xp Removed placefeature
JE & BE only	stop whitelist
JE only	advancement attribute ban ban-ip banlist bossbar data datapack debug defaultgamemode dialog experience fetchprofile fillbiome forceload item jfr pardon pardon-ip perf publish random return rotate save-all save-off save-on seed setidletimeout spectate stopwatch swing team teammsg tm test tick trigger unpublish version waypoint worldborder Debug chase debugconfig debugmobspawning debugpath raid serverpack spawn_armor_trims warden_spawn_tracker Removed ? achievement banip blockdata broadcast chunk entitydata home iron locatebiome replaceitem setspawn solid stats testfor testforblock testforblocks toggledownfall unban wood
BE only	aimassist allowlist changesetting clearrealmevents controlscheme dedicatedwsserver gametips packstack party​[upcoming] project reloadconfig reloadpacketlimitconfig save sendshowstoreoffer set_movement_authority Removed bossbar mixer tptobiome volumearea Developer aigoals automate automateactivetool automatebreakblock automatefindblock automatefly automategetinteractionpositionforblock automatelookat automatemove automatemoveto automateplaceblock bhave bounds cleanroom clearslot clearinventory crash crashclient crashserver createlocalworld destroyblock dumpblocknames dumpentitiesclient dumpentitiesserver enchantrandom fillchestblock filldrive findanchoredbuildpos findflatarea findnearbypickups fixbiomes fly getactivescreen getavgendframerate getavgremaindertimepercent getavgrendertime getavgticktime getavgunaccountedtimepercent getblockname getbrightness getchestcontents getchunkdirtycount getchunkrebuildcount getchunksortcount getcpu getdurability getexperience getfps getgpu getgpumemory getguiscale getmsaalevel getos getplayerbiome getplayerid getpos getpower getprofilersecondsperupdate getresolution getselecteditemcount getskin getstructure getsysteminfo getsystemmem getviewdistance getworldname health hunger islargechestblock isplayercrouching isplayerflying isplayergrounded isworldloaded kit leaveworld loadbehaviortreedefinitions log lookat memwarn nearbyentityisbaby networkstats notifyprofiler paths pause placefromhand playerstat profile redstonetest register3pserver resupply rot selectinventoryitem sendmodalform setbrightness setguiscale setskin setviewdistance showallitems showfrustum simlock simscale simulationtype skin spawnfeature spawning spawnitem spawnmob stoptime systemstat testassets timelock tptosuitabletree villages wipeout
edu only	classroommode closechat code codebuilder lesson remove videostream Removed position videostreamaction
BE & Edu only	? ability agent alwaysday camera camerashake clearspawnpoint codebuilder_actorinfo connect daylock dialogue drop enableencryption event fog getlocalplayername gettopsolidblock hud immutableworld inputpermission listd mobevent music ops permission playanimation querytarget replaceitem script scriptevent setmaxplayers structure takepicture testfor testforblock testforblocks tickingarea titleraw toggledownfall wb worldbuilder wsserver Removed clearfixedinv detect executeasself move place setfixedinvslot setfixedinvslots test transferserver
Joke	debugdim transform vote warp
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