How To Open/Close A Wooden Door In Minecraft - DigMinecraft

How to Open/Close a Wooden Door in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to open and close a wooden door with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can find wooden doors on villagers' homes or you can add them to your own home. Let's explore how to use a wooden door.

Types of Wooden Doors

In Minecraft, these are the wooden doors to choose from:

How to make an Oak Door How to make a Spruce Door How to make a Birch Door How to make a Jungle Door How to make an Acacia Door How to make a Dark Oak Door

All wooden doors work the same. The only difference is the type of wood that was used to craft the door. Let's start by learning how to open a wooden door.

How to Open a Wooden Door

By now you have may run into villages in Minecraft. Inside of villagers homes, you can find chests with valuable items inside.

Or maybe you have built a shelter of your own and added your own wooden door.

Now is a good time to learn how to open and close a wooden door in Minecraft.

Below is a villager's home that you may want to explore the inside of.

To open the wooden door, first position your pointer (the plus sign) on the door. The game control to open the wooden door depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the wooden door.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the wooden door.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the wooden door.
• For Education Edition, right click on the wooden door.

The wooden door should now be open and you can explore this villager's home.

How to Close a Wooden Door

Now let's explore how to close a wooden door. This is a little trickier.

Position your pointer on the open door, not in the empty doorway. There will be just the edge of the door that you will be able to see.

The game control to close the door depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the wooden door.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the wooden door.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the wooden door.
• For Education Edition, right click on the wooden door.

Now, the wooden door should be closed.

Congratulations, you just learned how to use a wooden door in Minecraft.