How to Kick and Ban Players on Your 7 Days to Die Server ​

You can kick and ban players using console commands or by editing the serveradmin.xml file.

Kick or ban players via console command ​

1. Join the server
   Join your 7 Days to Die server.

2. Open the console
   Press F1 to open the console.

3. List players
   Enter the command listplayers to display all connected players.

4. Kick or ban a player
   Use one of the following commands:

   kick <Name>

   kick <Name>

   ban add <Name> <Duration> <Unit> [Reason]

   ban add <Name> <Duration> <Unit> [Reason]

   Example:

   ban add PlayerName 1 year cheating

   ban add PlayerName 1 year cheating

Ban players via serveradmin.xml ​

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

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

3. Open serveradmin.xml
   Open the file serveradmin.xml in the directory:

   /Saves/serveradmin.xml

   /Saves/serveradmin.xml

4. Add player to the blacklist
   Add a new entry in the <blacklist> section:

   xml

   <blacklist>
     <blacklisted platform="Steam" userid="PLAYER_STEAMID64" name="PlayerName"
       unbandate="" reason="Reason" />
   </blacklist>

   <blacklist>
     <blacklisted platform="Steam" userid="PLAYER_STEAMID64" name="PlayerName"
       unbandate="" reason="Reason" />
   </blacklist>

5. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Command overview ​