A utility mod for modpack developers who wants to keep their users safe and warn people about the usage of Essential and their Privacy Policy.
Here is how it looks like!
But you might ask, why would you care about their privacy policy if already everyone taking our data nowadays?
Maybe because a random Minecraft mod doesn't have to know where you live and stuff.
Here is their privacy policy (Updated as of 1.08.2025):
- Your Account (as defined in the Privacy Policy) information, email address, and Minecraft UUID (as defined in the Privacy Policy);
- Usage times and dates, time zone, language, screen resolution, and device settings;
- Items you purchased, configurations made to these items, Minecraft version, Mod (as defined in the Privacy Policy) loader version, and concurrent Mods;
- Your browser type, operating system, IP address, referring/exit pages, unique device identifiers, and push notification token;
- Activity linked to your email or your Minecraft UUID;
- Metadata from your user content (Account name, Minecraft UUID);
- Supplementary information pertaining to you that we receive from third parties; and
- Information provided by you during customer support interactions.
- Geolocation information, such as the country, State, or territory where you are located when you access the Service (which information will be subsequently anonymized by Essential).
Credits:
Thanks to the Vital Team for developing Not Essential website which is used by the "Why not Essential?" button in this mod.
Ghost in the logo taken from a Reddit thread by V3X3D
Disclaimer: This mod is not affiliated with, developed by, or supported by the Vital Team or the NotEssential developers.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as essentialwarningscreen-2.0.0-1.21.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 10 KB
- Download link checked 20 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.