Sweeper Can

Dropped items on the ground are removed automatically on a timer that server owners can set. Before each sweep, players receive chat warnings at 60 seconds, 30 seconds and a final countdown, so nearby items can be picked up in time. Items removed by a sweep are not lost: they go to a shared trash that holds up to 10 pages and can be opened from an inventory button or from commands, letting players retrieve what was cleared.

The mod keeps a blacklist of item types that should never be swept, which an operator can edit through a command interface. Its settings live in the config file sweeper can.json and can be edited in game through Cloth Config Mod Menu, covering notification text, intervals and button positions. Commands begin with sweeper, and their use is limited by a required operator level that the config sets.

Sweeper Can is a port to Minecraft 1.20.1 for Fabric, inspired by the Sweeper Maid mod. Only the server needs it to run the sweeping; players may add it for the configuration screen and the trash button. Its files are published for 1.20.1 only, the latest being 1.1.2 from 2026-04-23, and the code is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Cloth Config Mod Menu is needed only to use the in-game settings screen.