[MCPE-65815] Items stuck in inventory or hotbar

Sometimes, random items get stuck in one of the hotbar slots and can't be moved to other slots or dropped. This goes away after leaving and rejoining, but it's still pretty annoying. I hope this gets fixed soon

Linked issues

is duplicated by 72

BDS-19437 Wood logs can’t be moved in inventory but other items can Resolved

BDS-19617 Can’t move object from inventory Resolved

MCPE-67054 Not Able to Move Netherite Items in my Inventory Resolved

MCPE-86674 Item gets stuck in an inventory slot when you try to move it Resolved

MCPE-92133 Items "stuck" in inventory Resolved

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relates to 5

MCPE-186266 When mining sand with a stone shovel, the item count doesn't update until you stop mining Reopened

MCPE-84368 Trying to equip an item to an armor stand causes the item to become stuck in the inventory Resolved

MCPE-154685 Picking up arrows in the second hand and an item makes the item invisible Open

MCPE-73593 Items sometimes become stuck in the crafting grid Resolved

MCPE-184170 Shulker boxes occasionally invisible in inventory Resolved

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Comments 32

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2020-10-22T08:14:15Z

Could you please give some more information about what types of item are getting stuck?

Is this happening in a local world, or in a Realm or multiplayer game that you have joined?

If you have a copy of the world available, you might like to upload a copy of it for investigation.

On Windows 10 you can use the Export world feature.
On Android or iOS you need to use a file explorer to navigate to Device storage > games > com.mojang > minecraftWorlds
On Xbox or Switch the only way is to upload it to a Realm, and then download the world on Windows 10 or Android/iOS. (Please do not purchase a Realms subscription just to provide a world to us - but if you have a Realm already this may be a viable option if you wish to do so.)

If the world is larger than 10MB you can upload the world to OneDrive or a similar file sharing site, and then share the link.

Ahmet Deniz Sezgin 2020-10-22T08:32:37Z

sir i know i am not the creator of this post but the same thing happened to me and the most item i had issues with is arrow

and it happened at realms and local worlds

Sam Becker 2020-10-22T08:43:20Z

I mostly had issues with trying to enchant certain items (like weapons, tools, armor etc) and those items then getting stuck. I only had the issues in a singleplayer world, I don't know about Realms because I don't play on them but I don't think I had the issue on servers. Unfortunately I don't have the world anymore, but I can try if I still get the error if I make a new world.

Mr_Burrito_PhD 2022-08-12T01:58:29Z

Always seems to happen to me while Shift+clicking stacks of items to/from an inventory (player or chest UI) while other items are leaving or entering the same inventory. Haven't been able to reliably reproduce but it might be related to MCPE-160729

Examples

Shift+Click stacks out of a chest into player inventory while more items are feeding into the chest via hopper
Shift+Click stacks into a shulker out of player inventory while more items are being picked up from the ground by the player.

electric_use64 2022-09-25T02:12:13Z

This can also happen while you are in the chestboat

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uneditedship8 2023-02-26T00:08:16Z

So, I have been playing on a realm and recorded the issue. I think i finally figured out roughly how to reproduce it.

Version: Minecraft Windows 10 Edition "Bedrock" patch 1.19.60 on a realm server.

Every time this happens i am usually mining in a large patch"Caves, Trees or Terraforming. I will return my gathered blocks to a chest or craft and it will lock up. "takes about 3 trips on average for it to happen once." I did create a report some time back about this and it got flagged as a duplicate for this report here. Here is what i wrote.

"I have tried to find a consistent pattern in which that the issue occurs, but i can't find a pattern that makes it happen. Non the less, randomly at times in this version the items cannot be moved in your inventory. You can drag for example a 64 stack of oak logs from the inventory down to the hot bar. When this occurs it will not allow it to actually move from the spot in the inventory. You also can't shift click it down. It will have graphical animation that brings about 30 down for less than a second. then it will jump back to the place in the inventory. You can exit the inventory and try to enter again and the issue will persist. I found if you pick up a separate block that is not associated with the glitched block type it will then allow it to work normally. The issue also makes it so the glitched block cannot be used in crafting in either the crafting square or the quick recipe book. It will once again show them animate for roughly about a half second and then return to the inventory spot they are locked in."

I did get a recording of the issue occurring. Watching the recording again i did notice that in this case when i did a re-login that i gained another block. Not sure if it was a issue with the game calculating this block i picked up. Or if it duplicated a block. Not sure how the back end of the game interpreted this.

Hope this helped!

Edit: Uploaded to Youtube as video file was to large. I have linked here.

Link to video on youtube

shadowdancerC96 2023-03-13T06:59:30Z

Items get stuck in my inventory screen or hotbar often when shift clicking out of chests or crafting multiple stacks on windows 10. Only happens when shift clicking for me, and is very inconsistent. Requires me to close and reopen my inventory to clear the issue.

PenguinUprising 2023-06-10T02:32:10Z

I believe this bug was fixed at some point, but as of 1.20.0 it’s back. However, instead of one item getting stuck in the inventory, I keep having EVERYTHING in my inventory lock up and be immovable. Closing and opening the inventory temporarily fixes this, but it happens fairly frequently and seems to be triggered by moving items around in your inventory quickly. As others said before, it’s very inconsistent. I was using Minecraft for Nintendo Switch in a normal world (not Realms) when I found this bug again.

Devin Gyorkos 2023-10-24T19:09:10Z

Still an issue in 1.20.32 I've run into it a few times on my realm.

[Mod] turbo 2023-10-24T19:12:24Z

@@unknown 1.20.32 is outdated, 1.20.40 is the current version.

RealRagnvald 2023-11-26T19:26:15Z

This happens to me quite frequently. It'll get confused when picking up or dropping a block and won't let move that stack.

Reloading usually corrects the issue.

Hope it gets fixed soon.

Save The Bedrock 2024-03-14T19:05:09Z

Affects 1.20.71

fivecolorgoodstu 2024-04-02T23:58:42Z

This bug still affects current PC version, 1.20.73, I believe, though I'm not sure where to locate the world version information in Bedrock Realms. I have noticed the bug as most people have, while shift clicking into an inventory from the player inventory, however, I have also experienced it twice with a shulker box that I'm fairly certain was the only item I was picking up at the time, which seems to contradict several theories that others have put forward. Those shulkers occupied an inventory slot invisibly. I will add that I can fix the issue without relogging if I can dropper pick the slot contents to my hotbar from my inventory, and when they move, they update to the correct number of items. I was able to fix one of the shulkers this way, but only because it was empty, and thus dropper pickable.

Travis haynes 2024-06-17T18:04:22Z

Hope this helps with this issue

https://www.xbox.com/play/media/BDALaM2nYN

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2024-06-27T11:01:22Z

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RealRagnvald 2024-06-28T00:52:30Z

So this bug will just be closed and nothing be done about it. You have multiple videos showcasing the bug and because it wasn't filled out a certain way, it will be closed? What if the creator doesn't update the post, can we make another one without having to worry about it being marked as a duplicate?

Steps to Reproduce:

Play Minecraft Normally
Pick up blocks
Randomly not be able to drop or move stack of items.

Observed Results:

Randomly a stack of blocks or items will be locked into an inventory slot and can't be moved or dropped

Expected Results:

Being able to drop and move my stacks of block and items around my inventory

Does this suffice?

Save The Bedrock 2024-06-28T09:11:16Z

This bug occurs disproportionately often with full shulker boxes.

LookAnOldPerson 2024-07-05T22:29:43Z

This happens very commonly on Online Servers ( Like the HIVE and CubeCraft)

X1Crafts 2024-07-18T03:23:09Z

This has been happening very frequently on the Xbox platform, (specifically the standard Xbox One and the X) in versions 1.21, 1.21.1, and 1.21.2. I imagine this is also present on PlayStation and Switch.

whatr 2024-08-05T15:48:46Z

Affects 1.21.30.21

Wardy.97 2024-08-10T10:32:37Z

This happens to me a lot and it seems like it may be connected to the pick block thing because if something gets stuck if you press the pick block button on anything it fixes it. This is on ps4 minecraft.

alisistarsun 2024-08-18T22:12:49Z

Affects version 1.21.21

GoldenHelmet 2024-08-25T15:31:05Z

Videos on MCPE-186024 demonstrate repro steps:

Drop an item.
Pick up the item and immediately place it.

ArkhamStealth 2024-09-06T19:20:07Z

This is happening on the Xbox Series X Bedrock edition as well. Version 1.21.23

CJSGOOSE 2024-10-06T18:58:03Z

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I have had this issue for some time and keep meaning to log it. It happens at random times, I haven't noticed a pattern. Except it does seem to often involve a stack of 62 items and when relogging it is actually a full stack. I try to remove / move the stack in my inventory and it flashes but doesn't allow me to pick it up - or move it. It just stays in the same slot. It is always in my inventory, not from the chests etc. I am playing Win 11 v1.21.31 survival mode - no cheats or mods and I have noticed it for around 1 - 2 months on and off. The only way I can fix it is to exit the game and return back into it. Then you can move them. This time I had a stack of 62 and a stack of 3 crimson stem which I thought odd, but is the same bug. I tried to join them together but they wont. After relogging the full stack appears - stack of 64 not 62 and can be moved again. See pictures attached.

FredTheViking 2024-11-20T14:59:56Z

I would point out what actually triggers this bug is unclear. It just kind of happens when you are moving inventory around and it seems to affect the actually inventory box you are trying to manipulate. For example, I observed this when I am trying to add inventory by making a plow for example. The plow won't get made and it won't go into the inventory box. And it is not easy to work around the bug either. A simple save and quit and rejoin will resolve the issue immediately. Again, it's not like there is a clear set of steps to reproduce the bug. It just kind of happens randomly.

Save The Bedrock 2024-11-21T02:32:57Z

I would like to emphasize once again that this bug occurs particularly often when moving full Shulker boxes in the inventory or picking them up from the ground. At least, that's how it is on my realm.

IAGrammie 2024-11-21T02:57:48Z

I don't use shulker boxes and this happens to me all of the time. Yesterday it wouldn’t let me put objects in the crafting table to create a pickax.

Save The Bedrock 2024-12-11T12:12:04Z

Nevertheless: It happens to me most often with shulker boxes. To reproduce it, simply fill around 20 shulker boxes with blocks, then break them in survival mode with a pickaxe and pick them up. Usually, the bug occurs with several shulker boxes at once. If not, try again. It won't take long

CJSGOOSE 2025-02-08T18:41:54Z

Still a problem in v1.21.51 However, I have noticed something else. If you leave the inventory alone of the item affected, for 1 minute, the problem fixes itself. I was breaking and collecting blocks this time and then placed a shulker box down, tried to remove all diorite from my shulker to my inventory and to an empty shulker. Most moved, hower, 5 remained in the original shulker and 63 in my inventory. I left those alone and collected more blocks of another type. I came back to it after one minute and had 5 diorite still in the shulker and 64 in my inventory. I do not know what affected those 5 blocks as I had space to take them.

You do not need to close MC to fix the issue. I have tested this several times now. It does happen with shulker transfers, but also inventory alone.

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This image shows I had space to take the 5 in the shulker, but they would not move, and the 63 remained also.

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After I opened my inventory 1 minute later and collected some other blocks, the 63 was now 64 and the 5 unchanged. Upon making some space, the 5 were movable as were the 64.

Richard Detlefsen 2025-03-20T03:01:19Z

Has been happening on my PS4 for a month now. Resolves itself if I pickup more of item from floor.

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