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{{about|blocks which were removed from the game|other removed features|Removed features}}
{{relevant category|Removed blocks}}

This page documents [[Minecraft:block]]s which existed in any of the game's several editions, but are no longer present in the latest version.

For the sake of brevity, this page only documents blocks which were programmed into the game intentionally. There are far more "blocks" which exist as metadata values outside of the expected range, normally inaccessible [[Minecraft:block state]] combinations, and other anomalous cases of block data such as non-standard [[Minecraft:block entity]] definitions. Due to their tendency to behave differently across editions due to not being intended, said cases can be found within the individual sections below.

== Existed in multiple editions ==
=== Locked chest ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Chest JE1.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Locked Chest}}
A joke block, completely unrelated to the current ability to lock chests via [[Minecraft:NBT format|NBT]].
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=== Shrub ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Shrub}}
The shrub was an unused plant block. While visually identical to the [[Minecraft:dead bush]] in most aspects, it differs largely in functionality. Its main visual difference arises from it using a random offset, identical to that of [[Minecraft:grass]], [[Minecraft:fern]]s, and later flowers.

Unlike the dead bush, which was a separate block and used a separate block ID at the time, the shrub was the default data value variant of the block ID that also hosted grass and ferns, which were respectively metadata values 1 and 2 of the shrub. As such, the shrub inherits much of the functionality of grass and ferns; alongside the aforementioned offset, they also had the same chance to drop [[Minecraft:wheat seeds]] upon breaking.

Having been given a unique name, as well as being intentionally programmed to not be tinted unlike all other metadata values of its block ID, it can be assumed that the inclusion of the shrub was intended to a certain degree, although likely only as a prototype of sorts, as the dead bush was included in the same version that added shrubs, and shrubs were unobtainable through normal means whereas the dead bush appeared everywhere. It not being removed in 1.8, as detailed below, strengthens this assertion.

In contrast to almost all other invalid metadata variants of blocks, the shrub was not removed in 14w26a with the switch to block states, and the shrub remained a valid block. (The "green shrub", which refers to blocks with the shrub/grass ID with metadata values exceeding the expected values, were in fact removed, and were not intentionally implemented in the first place, which is why they are not listed on this page.)

The shrub remained until 17w47a, the version in which the Flattening occurred, which merged shrubs into the more well-established dead bush, likely due to shrubs never having been used. The shrub is unique in this aspect, as all other merged block IDs were clear functional variants, and as such is the reason why the shrub is featured on this list.
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== Only existed in ''Java Edition'' ==
=== Metadata variants ===
{{main|Java Edition removed blocks/Data variants|Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants|Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants/Recontinued}}
=== Numeric ID replacements ===
Prior to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 17w47a|17w47a]], block IDs were stored internally as integer values. As a result, certain removed blocks would end up having their numeric IDs used by another block from a future version. The table below lists all such conversions.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | ID
! rowspan="2" | Block
! rowspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="22" |
! colspan="2" | ID unused
! rowspan="22" |
! rowspan="2" | Block
! rowspan="2" | Replacement
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Version
|-
! First
! Last
|-
! 021
| [[File:Red Cloth.png|32px]]
| Red [[Minecraft:Wool#History|Cloth]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.1_02|Beta 1.1_02]]
| [[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Lapis Lazuli Ore]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|Beta 1.2]]
|-
! 022
| [[File:Orange Cloth.png|32px]]
| Orange Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.1_02|Beta 1.1_02]]
| [[File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Block of Lapis Lazuli]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|Beta 1.2]]
|-
! 023
| [[File:Yellow Cloth.png|32px]]
| Yellow Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.1_02|Beta 1.1_02]]
| [[File:Dispenser (S) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Dispenser]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|Beta 1.2]]
|-
! 024
| [[File:Chartreuse Cloth.png|32px]]
| Chartreuse Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.1_02|Beta 1.1_02]]
| [[File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Sandstone]]<ref name="metaplus" group="cn">This numeric ID included variants of the block in question, which were eventually split into separate IDs as part of [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']].</ref>
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|Beta 1.2]]
|-
! 025
| [[File:Green Cloth.png|32px]]
| Green Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.1_02|Beta 1.1_02]]
| [[File:Note Block JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Note Block]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2|Beta 1.2]]
|-
! 026
| [[File:Spring Green Cloth.png|32px]]
| Spring Green Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2_02|Beta 1.2_02]]
| [[File:Bed Foot (N) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Red Bed]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.3|Beta 1.3]]
|-
! 027
| [[File:Cyan Cloth.png|32px]]
| Cyan Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4_01|Beta 1.4_01]]
| [[File:Powered Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Powered Rail]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.5|Beta 1.5]]
|-
! 028
| [[File:Capri Cloth.png|32px]]
| Capri Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4_01|Beta 1.4_01]]
| [[File:Detector Rail (NS) JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Detector Rail]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.5|Beta 1.5]]
|-
! 029
| [[File:Ultramarine Cloth.png|32px]]
| Ultramarine Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6.6|Beta 1.6.6]]
| [[File:Sticky Piston (U) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Sticky Piston]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7|Beta 1.7]]
|-
! 030
| [[File:Violet Cloth.png|32px]]
| Violet Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.4_01|Beta 1.4_01]]
| [[File:Cobweb JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.5|Beta 1.5]]
|-
! 031
| [[File:Purple Cloth.png|32px]]
| Purple Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.5_01|Beta 1.5_01]]
| [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Shrub]]<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6|Beta 1.6]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6 Test Build 3|Test Build 3]]
|-
! 032
| [[File:Magenta Cloth.png|32px]]
| Magenta Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.5_01|Beta 1.5_01]]
| [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Dead Bush]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6|Beta 1.6]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6 Test Build 3|Test Build 3]]
|-
! 033
| [[File:Rose Cloth.png|32px]]
| Rose Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6.6|Beta 1.6.6]]
| [[File:Piston (U) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Piston]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7|Beta 1.7]]
|-
! 034
| [[File:Dark Gray Cloth.png|32px]]
| Dark Gray Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6.6|Beta 1.6.6]]
| [[File:Piston Head (U) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Piston Head]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7|Beta 1.7]]
|-
! 035
| [[File:Light Gray Cloth.png|32px]]
| Light Gray Cloth
| colspan="2" | never
| [[File:White Wool JE1 BE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Wool]]<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>
| [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|20100624]]
|-
! 036
| [[File:White Cloth.png|32px]]
| White Cloth
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.6.6|Beta 1.6.6]]
| [[File:Blank.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Moving Piston]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7|Beta 1.7]]
|-
! 052
| [[File:Water Spawner.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Water Spawner]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100625-0922|inf-20100625-0922]]
| [[File:Spawner JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Monster Spawner]]
| [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100625-1917|20100625-1917]]
|-
! 053
| [[File:Lava Spawner.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Lava Spawner]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|inf-20100624]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100627|inf-20100627]]
| [[File:Oak Stairs (N) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Oak Stairs]]
| [[Minecraft:Minecraft Infdev]]
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100629|20100629]]
|-
! 055
| [[File:Gear.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Gear]]
| colspan="2" | never
| [[File:Inactive Redstone Wire (NESW) JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Redstone Wire]]
| colspan="2" | [[Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.1]]
|-
! 095
| [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Locked chest]]
| colspan="2" | never
| [[File:White Stained Glass JE1.png|32px]]
| [[Minecraft:Stained Glass]]<ref name="metaplus" group="cn"/>
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2]]
| [[Minecraft:13w41a]]
|}
<references group="cn"/>

=== Old Colored Wool / Cloth ===
{{see also|Wool}}

Upon introduction in [[Minecraft:0.0.20a]], there were 16 different colors of wool, referred to as "cloth" at the time<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190710032853/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/127170416/new-server-new-client-version-0020#_=_</ref> due to the lack of in-game names until [[Minecraft:Beta 1.0]]. The colors of these blocks matched up with the default colors of Paint.NET, as well as generally appearing similar to tertiary RGB colors. Each of these blocks had a unique numeric ID, ranging from 21 to 36.

In [[Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev 20100624|the June 24, 2010 build of Infdev]], 15 of the 16 different colored cloth blocks were outright removed from the game. Specifically, this referred to IDs 21-34, as well as 36. The remaining ID, 35, belonged to light gray cloth prior to this version. ID 35 was changed to instead have the white cloth texture, ultimately rendering it the actual white cloth block, and removing light gray cloth as a result, despite white cloth technically also being removed in this version due to having ID 36.

In [[Minecraft:Beta 1.2]], colored wool was reimplemented. However, the color scheme was completely different, and coloration was handled via block metadata, rather than defining a new ID for each color. Wool would continue to use metadata (and later block states) to define its color up until [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|the Flattening]] in [[Minecraft:17w47a]] gave each wool color a unique (albeit non-numeric) block ID again.

The IDs 21-34 and 36 would start to be used with completely different blocks between Beta 1.2 and [[Minecraft:Beta 1.7]], while 

None of the removed colors have been named officially, and there seems to be no plan to return any of them to the game.

The following table lists each of the removed wool colors alongside their currently unofficial color names.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Red
! Orange
! Yellow
! Chartruese
! Green
|-
| [[File:Red Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Orange Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Yellow Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Chartreuse Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Green Cloth.png|80px]]
|-
! Spring Green
! Cyan
! Capri
! Ultramarine
! Violet
|-
| [[File:Spring Green Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Cyan Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Capri Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Ultramarine Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Violet Cloth.png|80px]]
|-
! Purple
! Magenta
! Rose
! Light Gray
! Dark Gray
|-
| [[File:Purple Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Magenta Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Rose Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Light Gray Cloth.png|80px]]
| [[File:Dark Gray Cloth.png|80px]]
|}

=== Gears ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Gear (N).gif|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Gear}}
A fully animated block, it was inaccessible and had no real use other than decoration. It was later replaced with redstone.
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=== Water spawner ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Water Spawner.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Water Spawner}}
These blocks persistently generated their respective liquid around them and in stacks of 99 in the starting house chest in older versions.
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=== Lava spawner ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Lava Spawner.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Lava Spawner}}
These blocks persistently generated their respective liquid around them and in stacks of 99 in the starting house chest in older versions.{{-}}{{-}}

=== Generic dead coral block ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Dead Coral Block.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Dead Coral Block}}
In snapshot [[Minecraft:Java Edition 18w09a|18w09a]], all coral blocks had the same texture, colored differently. Because of this, there was only one dead variant needed. By the time of snapshot [[Minecraft:Java Edition 18w10a|18w10a]], each color of the coral block had its own unique texture, but would still all die into the same generic dead coral block from the previous snapshot. The generic dead coral block was removed and replaced with dead variants for each color in snapshot [[Minecraft:Java Edition 18w10b|18w10b]].
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== Only existed in ''Bedrock Edition'' ==
=== Metadata variants ===
{{main|Bedrock Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants}}
=== <samp>grass_carried</samp> ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|grass_carried}}
This block, when placed, appeared identical to how [[Minecraft:grass block]]s appear in item form, due to it having been used to store its item model due to the inability to tint items in earlier versions.
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=== <samp>leaves_carried</samp> ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:leaves_carried BE3.png|150px]]

[[File:leaves_carried (fast) BE3.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|leaves_carried}}
This block, when placed, appeared similar to how [[Minecraft:leaves]] appear (but noticably darker) in item form, due to it having been used to store its item model due to the inability to tint items in earlier versions.
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=== Smooth Stone Bricks ===
<div style="float:right;">
[[File:Stone Bricks.png|150px]]
</div>
{{main|Smooth Stone Bricks}}
Smooth stone bricks are a variant of regular stone bricks.{{verify|weren't they just a metadata variant, therefore not belonging here?}} It had a different name, but the same texture. It could only be obtained through {{cmd|give}} or inventory editing.
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

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