How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Factorio Server

You can kick and ban players via the server console in the dashboard or in-game via chat commands. Players are always identified by their Factorio username.

Note

You need admin rights to use these commands. See Add Admin.

Tip

In the server console the commands are entered with a leading slash, e.g. /kick PlayerName.

Kick a player

/kick <Username> <Reason>

The player is removed from the server but can rejoin.

Ban a player

/ban <Username> <Reason>

The player is banned from the server and added to the ban list.

Unban a player

/unban <Username>

View and manage the ban list

/bans

/banlist <add/remove/get/clear> <Username>

Edit the ban list manually

The ban list is stored as the file server-banlist.json in the main directory of your server and is created automatically when you ban someone. You can edit it via SFTP:

[
  "Player1",
  "Player2"
]

Restart the server after editing so the list is read in again.

Mute a player

/mute <Username>

/unmute <Username>

With /purge <Username> you can additionally remove a player's chat messages.

Command overview

Command	Description
/players [online/count]	List players on the server
/kick <Username> <Reason>	Kick a player
/ban <Username> <Reason>	Ban a player
/unban <Username>	Unban a player
/bans	Show the ban list
/banlist <add/remove/get/clear> <Username>	Manage the ban list
/mute <Username>	Mute a player
/unmute <Username>	Unmute a player
/purge <Username>	Remove a player's chat messages
/server-save	Save the game immediately

Whitelist

The command /whitelist <add/remove/get/clear> [Username] does exist, but the whitelist is not active with the default start command: it additionally requires the startup parameters --server-whitelist and --use-server-whitelist. Without them a whitelist set in-game is also not written to the file and is lost when the server stops. To lock out individual players, use the ban list instead.

Tip

Run /server-save after a ban so the current state is saved.