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I'm trying to remove a specific, named, item if it is dropped on the floor. I have the following on my command block:

kill @e[type=Item] {Item:{tag:{display:{Name:"RedFlag"}}}

But it's removing all items, not just the one I want. What am I doing wrong?

I also tried

kill @e[type=Item] {Item:{id:"red_flower",Damage:2}}

But that didn't work either, it's still removing all items, even things that aren't red flowers!

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  • I'm trying to come up with a way of doing this in my head, and the only thing I can think of is 1) give the items a custom name or 2) give the item a score. Can item entities even have a score though?
    – MBraedley
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 13:46
  • @MBraedley I've given them a custom name, but that requires all the {tag stuff}
    – fredley
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 13:57
  • You should be able to use e[name=<name>]. At least I think you can do that.
    – MBraedley
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 13:58

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The /kill command does not support killing objects (not yet anyway) who fit through a NBT citeria. Only identifiers with the @e command will be considered.

When you entered:

kill @e[type=Item] {Item:{tag:{display:{Name:"RedFlag"}}}
kill @e[type=Item] {Item:{id:"red_flower",Damage:2}}

It is considered as:

kill @e[type=Item]
kill @e[type=Item]

Regardless of how much NBT data an object has, it'll always kill all the entities of the type specified.

This means that /kill @e[type=Sheep] {CustomName:"Sheep"} will kill all sheep(s) in the world. Even if they have/don't have the custom name "Sheep", or a completely different name altogether.
Think about all the sheeps! (Those loaded in anyway)

Edit: As of 1.21, you can use nbt as a selector, for example:

kill @e[type=sheep,nbt={CustomName:"Sheep"}]
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    According to the wiki, you're correct.
    – MBraedley
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 13:38
  • Nope. I've tested it. It doesn't take that long to type (and use): /summon Sheep ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"No. 1"}, /summon Sheep ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"No. 2"} and /kill @e[type=Sheep] {CustomName:"No. 1"}.
    – aytimothy
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 13:38
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    Shucks. I guess I'll have to do it a different way!
    – fredley
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 14:32
  • You could always use an item dropper system to identify the items (though putting them back where they were will be a problem).
    – aytimothy
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 14:49
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    @fredley Use scoreboard command to match NBT and then do kill @e[score_name=X,score_name_min=X]
    – Q20
    Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 21:04
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Maybe you can do it by using the new /execute command;

  1. Give the item you want to remove a scoreboard objective: /scoreboard objectives add RedFlag dummy RedFlag
  2. Set the score for the item to 1: /scoreboard players set @e[type=Item,r=5] RedFlag 1
  3. Than use this command: /execute @e[score_RedFlag=1,score_RedFlag_min=1,type=Item] ~ ~ ~ kill @e[r=0,type=Item]

Maybe if you use this it will work.

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  • So what you're saying is that you haven't tested this for yourself? Before you give an answer, you should test it to see if it actually works.
    – MBraedley
    Commented Mar 22, 2015 at 13:53
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Very few data tags can be used to select entities, and the format you are trying is not how it works. Try:

/entitydata @e[type=Item,c=1] {CustomName:"killitem"}

and then

/kill@e[name=killitem]

The selector c=1 in the first command could be changed to match the amount of items you want to name.

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