Note: the ability to change you skin inside the Java launcher is temporarily disabled. How to Change Minecraft Skins In the Desktop Edition (Java) Luckily for you, the process of changing Minecraft skins is easy. If you play on a server, playing as ‘Steve’ screams ‘beginner’. The default skin, Steve, is decent enough, but very boring. Pressing F5 again changes the view, where you’ll be able to see your character up close. When you’re playing Minecraft, you can take a look at yourself by pressing the F5 key. In this case, using the default character skin for Steve (the other default skin is Alex). The image below is what a typical Minecraft character looks like. In Minecraft, you can play as an alien, a medieval knight or a futuristic soldier.
