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

clientlist

Kick a player ​

kick [name]

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]

ban [name]

banid [client id]

banid [client id]

The player is permanently banned from the server.

Unban a player ​

To unban a player via the console:

unban [name]

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

   /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 ​