How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Barotrauma Server

As an admin you can kick and ban players using the in-game console.

Open the console

Press F3 or the tilde key (~) to open the command console.

Show connected players

Use the following command to list all connected players with their client IDs:

clientlist

Kick a player

kick [name]

The player is removed from the server but can rejoin.

Ban a player

You can ban a player by name or by client ID:

ban [name]

banid [client id]

The player is permanently banned from the server.

Unban a player

To unban a player via the console:

unban [name]

You can also edit the ban list file directly:

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open banlist.txt
   Open the file banlist.txt at:

   /config/banlist.txt

4. Remove player
   Delete the line with the player you want to unban.

5. Start the server
   Start your server.

All commands

Command	Description
clientlist	Show connected players with IDs
kick [name]	Kick a player
ban [name]	Ban a player by name
banid [client id]	Ban a player by client ID
unban [name]	Unban a player