How do you quickly remove items from your inventory in Minecraft?

Q: How do you delete certain amounts of items in Minecraft?

You can clear items from a players inventory using the /clear command in Minecraft.

Clears items from player inventory, including items being dragged by the player.

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How do you quickly drop items in your inventory in Minecraft?
What is the fastest way to manage inventory in Minecraft?
How do you delete certain amounts of items in Minecraft?
What is the command to clear inventory?

Syntax[]

Java Edition

clear [<targets>] [<item>] [<maxCount>]

Bedrock Edition

clear [player: target] [itemName: Item] [data: int] [maxCount: int]

Arguments[]

JE: <targets>: entity
BE: player: target: CommandSelector<Player>

Specifies the player(s) whose items are cleared. If not specified, defaults to the player who executes the command.Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID‌[Java Edition only]. And the target selector must‌[JE only]/should‌[BE only] be of player type.

JE: <item>: item_predicate
BE: itemName: Item: enum

Specifies the item to be cleared. If not specified, all items are cleared.In Java Edition, it must be in form of item_id{data_tags}(accepts item or block tags), in which data tags can be omitted when they are not needed. In Bedrock Edition, it must be an item id or a block id for which items exist.

data: int: int

Specifies the data value of the item to be cleared. If not specified, or if -1, all items that match itemName: Item are cleared, regardless of their data. Values (bitwise AND 0xFFFF) that are invalid for the specified item id revert to 0.Must be a 32-bit integer number. Should be between -1 and 2,147,483,647 (inclusive, without commas).

JE: <maxCount>: integer
BE: maxCount: int: int

Specifies the maximum number of items to be cleared. If not specified, or if -1‌[Bedrock Edition only], all items that match item, or itemName: Item and data: int are cleared. If 0, instead of clearing of items, detects and queries the amount of specified items.Must be a 32-bit integer number. In Java Edition, it must be between 0 and 2147483647 (inclusive). In Bedrock Edition, it should be between -1 and 2147483647 (inclusive).

Result[]

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable	Unparseable
`<targets>` or `player: target` is not specified when the command's executor is not a player.	Failed	Failed
`player: target` is not in player type	N/A
`<targets>` or `player: target` fails to resolve to one or more online players	Failed
there are no specified items in any player's inventory.
If `data: int` is lower than -1.	N/A
If `maxCount: int` is lower than -1.
On success	Removes or detects the specified items.

Output[]

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	`/execute store success ...`	`/execute store result ...`
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
On success	1	1	the number of total items that are cleared or detected.
Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
On success	the number of players who have the specified items.	N/A	N/A

Note[]

Items in the inventory and items from container (chest, crafting table, etc.) dragging over the cursor can be cleared.

In Bedrock Edition, items dragging from the inventory can also be cleared, while in Java Edition only if not in creative mode can these be cleared.

In Java Edition, items in players' four crafting slots can also be cleared.

Examples[]

To clear your entire inventory: clear
To clear all items from Alice's inventory: clear Alice
To clear all wool items from Alice's inventory: clear Alice minecraft:wool
To clear all orange wool items from the inventory of all players: clear @a minecraft:wool 1‌[Bedrock Edition only] or clear @a minecraft:orange_wool‌[Java Edition only]
To clear all golden swords with the "Sharpness I" enchantment from the nearest player
- clear @p minecraft:golden_sword{Enchantments:[{id:"minecraft:sharpness",lvl:1s}]}‌[Java Edition only]
To test if a random player has stone in their inventory: clear @r minecraft:stone -1 0‌[Bedrock Edition only] or clear @r minecraft:stone 0‌[Java Edition only]

History[]

Java Edition
1.4.2	12w37a	Added `/clear`.
12w38a	Added `item` argument to `/clear`.
1.8	14w02a	Added `data` argument to `/clear`.
1.9	15w31b	`/clear` now clears the offhand slot.
1.13	17w45a	The syntax of `/clear` has changed from `/clear [<target>] [<item>] [<data>] [<count>] [<nbt>]` to `/clear [<target>] [<item>] [<count>]`.
1.16	20w07a	`/clear` now clears the items in the inventory crafting grid.
20w22a	`/clear` now works properly with the inventory crafting grid.
Pocket Edition
1.0.5	alpha 1.0.5.0	Added `/clear`.

How do you quickly drop items in your inventory in Minecraft?

To do so, press the number on your keyboard corresponding to the stack of items you would like to drop to select them. Press "Ctrl" on your keyboard and simultaneously press "Q." This will drop the entire stack of items in front of you.

What is the fastest way to manage inventory in Minecraft?

Pressing shift and double clicking on a stack will move all of that item between the player's inventory and the block or hotbar. However, players need to ensure that they are already holding an item for this shortcut to work.

How do you delete certain amounts of items in Minecraft?

You can clear items from a player's inventory using the /clear command in Minecraft.

What is the command to clear inventory?

You can use the command /clear [targets] [item] [maxCount] , where: targets is optional. It is the name of the player (or a target selector) whose inventory you wish to clear.