How to get out of third person Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to change the camera angle between first person and third person perspective when you play the game.

When you create a new world in Minecraft, you will start in first person view. However, you can switch to third person mode and see your body in the game, either from the front or from behind.

Views in Minecraft

These are the three different views in Minecraft. Let's explore each of them.

1. First Person View

With the first person view, you see the game from the player's perspective. The only part of the player that you see is the player's right hand or the item the player is holding.

2. Third Person Rear View

With the third person rear view, you see the game as if you were standing behind the player. You will see the player's body from the back.

3. Third Person View

With the third person view, you see the game as if you were facing the player. You will see the player's body from the front.

Game Control to Change the View

In Minecraft, you can toggle between these three views (camera angles) using a game control. Here are the game controls to change between views on the Minecraft platforms:

Platform	Game Control to Toggle View
PC/Mac	Press F5 key
Pocket Edition (PE)	Pause game, go to Settings, select Video button and change "Camera Perspective" setting
PS3	Press down on Left Stick (LS)
PS4	Press down on Left Stick (LS)
Xbox 360	Press down on Left Stick (LS)
Xbox One	Press down on Left Stick (LS)
Windows 10 Edition	Press F5 key
Wii U	Press down on Left Stick
Nintendo Switch	Press down on Left Joycon Stick
Education Edition (EDU)	Press F5 key

Toggle Order for the View

When you toggle between views in Minecraft, here is the order of the camera angles:

First Person → Third Person Rear → Third Person → back to First Person

When you press the game control to toggle the view, you will move to the next camera angle. Depending on which view you want, you might have to press the game control more than once.

Other Beginner Tutorials

My son is playing Minecraft on the PS4, and somehow, he got stuck in 3rd person and we're trying to get him back to 1st person. We tried moving the left stick, etc... but still nothing.

How do we toggle his perspective back to 1st person?

Penguin

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asked Feb 24, 2021 at 8:31

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By default it is L3 (push the left joystick into the controller, yes, push it down). I think this is very annoying personally as I would constantly accidentally activate it in the minigame days so I would suggest changing it and maybe making L3 a sprint button or just disabling it outright, just preference.

Pressing this button will cycle you through 3 POVs, so just keep pressing it until you get it how he likes it (first person in this case).

If this button doesn't work go to Settings > Controller and see what it says it is set to and change it if wanted. If it is unbound (not set to anything) set it to something.

answered Feb 26, 2021 at 6:20

PenguinPenguin

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I might not be able to help since I play on Xbox but I'm here to try. Try pressing up on the d-pad. If that doesn't work go into options on the pause menu and look for the controller settings, go into there and see where the buttons are mapped, find out where the pov button is, then change that to the button you would like it at. Hope I helped!

answered Feb 24, 2021 at 10:46

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