5 Quick Steps to Make the Inventory Bar Bigger in Minecraft

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Change the size of your UI and hotbar in Minecraft
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Can't see the inventory bar in Minecraft? While you can't add more space to your inventory, you can change the hotbar to make the size bigger on your screen. You'll just need to scale up your GUI/HUD settings. Here's how to make the inventory bar bigger in Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition.

Quick Steps

  1. Open Minecraft.
  2. Click Options .
  3. Click Video Settings .
  4. Click GUI Scale .
  5. Click GUI Scale until you see the size you want.

Steps

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    Launch Minecraft . To make the inventory bar bigger in Minecraft, you'll just need to adjust the GUI (Graphical User Interface) scale.
    • This will also change the size of the other HUD elements, such as your health, hunger, and experience bars.
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    It may be set to Auto or another setting.
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    The scaling will change with each click.
    • Some devices will have the options 1 (smallest), 2, 3, 4 (biggest), and Auto.
    • Other devices will have small, medium, and large.
    • Continue clicking until the GUI is the size you want. Changes will be saved automatically.
    • You can also change your language or gamma settings .
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