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How to put a custom skin in Minecraft Java & Bedrock

Choose Java or Bedrock on the Upload / Export page and download: a PNG for the Java launcher, or a .mcpack that Bedrock imports on phone, tablet and Windows.

3 min read · 4 steps · Beginner

Step 1: Pick Java or Bedrock and download

Open Upload / Export (or press Export in the editor). On the right, pick Java Edition or Bedrock Edition, check the file name, and press Download.

Java gets a PNG saved at 64×64 — the only size the Java launcher accepts, even if you painted in HD. Bedrock gets a .mcpack skin pack (up to 128×128).

1. Java Edition or Bedrock Edition.
2. File name.
3. Download.

Step 2: Java Edition

Open the Minecraft Launcher → Skins tab → New skin.

Pick the PNG you downloaded, choose Classic (Steve) or Slim (Alex) — the same arms you picked on the site — and press Save. The page shows these steps under the Download button.

1. The 3 steps for the edition you picked.

Step 3: Bedrock (phone, tablet, Windows)

Open the downloaded .mcpack file — Minecraft opens and imports it.

Then in Minecraft go to Dressing Room → Classic skins and pick your pack and skin.

Step 4: More options

When you made a cape, Include my cape (above the download button) adds it: Java gives a .zip with the skin and the cape PNG (plus the moving GIF for a moving cape), Bedrock puts the cape inside the .mcpack (64×32).

The More row under the steps has Publish to gallery, Animated GIF / video (a walking, turning clip to share), Cape PNG, Moving cape GIF and Cape picture (your skin from behind wearing the cape — when you made one) and JSON (every pixel and its colour, for other tools). With Bedrock picked there's also PNG only.

Skin pack puts several skins into one Bedrock .mcpack: add the current skin, PNG files, Drafts or your saved skins, give each a name and Steve / Alex arms, order them, name the pack and download. In Minecraft they all show under Dressing Room → Classic skins → your pack.

Share link (also in the editor under Upload / Export) makes a short link that opens a copy of your skin straight in the MC-ENGINE editor — nothing is posted to the gallery. The link is copied for you; make a new one after you change the skin.

1. Include my cape: Java .zip / inside the Bedrock .mcpack.
2. More: Publish · Animated GIF / video · Cape PNG · Moving cape GIF · Cape picture · JSON · Skin pack · Share link.

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