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Minecraft features a multitude of menu screens, which allow the player to navigate to worlds and servers, and change how the game looks.

Usage

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List of menu screens

Title Screen – the menu shown upon game startup allowing for access to worlds.
Server list – a menu which allows players to join and save the servers they visit.
Game Menu – a menu accessible during gameplay which allows players to quit to title or disconnect from a server, access options, enable LAN – and etc.
Select World – allowing one of multiple worlds to be accessed.
- Create New World – a menu allowing for the configuration of multiple aspects for a new world.
  - Seed Templates – a menu to choose a preset seed with specific features or terrain in Bedrock Edition.
- World Options – a menu to manage the world settings and management.
Options – which are configurable via a series of menus in Java Edition.
Settings – which are configurable via a series of menus in Bedrock Edition.
Controls – a subset of options, also given a dedicated menu.
- Super Secret Settings – which applies in-game shaders, removed after Java Edition 1.9.
How to Play – a menu which shows built-in guides designed to help new players to Minecraft.
Loading world screen – the menu shown while entering or leaving a world.
Realms Stories – a social hub for members of a Realm in Bedrock Edition.
Chat^{[note 1]} – a messaging system to communicate with players and execute commands.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	None	Music	While in the title screen	`music.menu`	`None`	1.0 ^{[sound 1]}	1.0	16
	None	UI	When a menu button is clicked	`ui.button.click`	`None`	0.25	1.0	16

↑ Except for "Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's Piano", which are 0.4

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	None	Music	While in the main menu	`music.menu`	`None`	0.3	1.0
	Pressure Plate clicks^[1]	Sound	When a menu button is clicked	`random.click`	`subtitles.block.pressure_plate.click^[1]`	1.0	1.0

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31	20100131-2156	The title screen was added.
Java Edition Infdev
20100327		Added the Single player menu.
20100629		Added the "Loading..." screen.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4		Replaced the "Loading..." screen with a Mojang splash screen.
v1.0.10		Added the Multiplayer menu.
Java Edition
1.14	19w06a	Added loading bars while loading the game and reloading resources.
1.15.2	pre1	Clicking the "Multiplayer" button from the title screen now displays a disclaimer stating that "Online play is not rated".
1.17	21w03a	Holding `⇧ Shift` while clicking menu buttons now cycles through options in the reverse order.
1.18	21w42a	"Infinite Amethyst", "Left to Bloom", "One More Day", "Stand Tall" and "Wending" can now play in the menu screens.
1.19	22w16a	"Aerie", "Firebugs" and "Labyrinthine" can now play in the menu screens.
1.19	22w16a	"Infinite Amethyst", "Left to Bloom", "One More Day", "Stand Tall" and "Wending" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" can now play in the menu screens.
1.20	23w17a	"Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.20.5	24w09a	Replaced the dirt background with a panorama in all menu screens.
1.21	24w18a	"Deeper", "Featherfall", "Eld Unknown", "Endless", "pokopoko", "komorebi", "Puzzlebox", "Watcher", and "yakusoku" can now play in the menu screens.
1.21	24w18a	"A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" can no longer play in the menu screens.
1.21.6	25w20a	"Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's piano" can now play in the menu screens.
	25w20a	"Deeper", "Featherfall", "Eld Unknown", "Endless", "pokopoko", "komorebi", "Puzzlebox", "Watcher", and "yakusoku" can no longer play in the menu screens.
	pre3	The button clicking sound is now controlled by the "UI" source.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.2	snap7	"Ebb", "Home", "Memories", "Nightly", and "Shores" can now play in the menu screens.
26.2	snap7	"Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's piano" can no longer play in the menu screens.