How to Kick and Ban Players on Your FiveM Server

You have two ways to moderate your FiveM server: the txAdmin web interface and the server console. In txAdmin you can kick, warn and ban players with a few clicks and revoke bans later on. Via the console you can only kick players — FXServer does not ship with a built-in ban command.

Note

Whether txAdmin runs is controlled by the txAdmin field in your dashboard (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled). On server start, txAdmin prints the address of its web interface to the console. How to set up txAdmin is explained under Enable txAdmin.

Find a player in txAdmin

1. Open txAdmin
   Open the txAdmin web interface of your server and log in with your admin account.

2. Open the playerlist
   All connected players are listed in the playerlist on the right-hand side. Use the Filter by Name or ID field to narrow down the list.

3. Open the player window
   Click the name of the player. A window opens with the tabs Info, History, IDs and Ban as well as the buttons DM, Kick and Warn.

Note

Players who are currently offline can be found under Players in the top menu. There you can search by Name, Notes or Player IDs. Banning and warning also works for offline players, while kicking only works for players who are currently connected.

Kick a player

1. Open the player window
   Open the window of the player as described above.

2. Select Kick
   Click Kick at the bottom of the window.

3. Enter a reason
   Type a reason or leave the field blank, then confirm with Send.

Note

A kick only removes the player from the current session. They can reconnect immediately afterwards. If someone should stay out for good, use a ban instead.

Tip

To remove everyone at once, click Kick All Players in the server controls in the left sidebar.

Ban a player

1. Open the player window
   Open the window of the player and switch to the Ban tab.

2. Enter a reason
   Type the reason for the ban into the Reason field. The reason has to be at least three characters long.

3. Choose a duration
   Pick one of the presets under Duration:

   Option	Meaning
   Custom (set below)	your own duration
   2 HOURS / 8 HOURS	2 or 8 hours
   1 DAY / 2 DAYS	1 or 2 days
   1 WEEK / 2 WEEKS	1 or 2 weeks
   Permanent	permanent

   With Custom (set below) you enter a number underneath and choose HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS or MONTHS as the unit.

4. Apply the ban
   Click Apply Ban. If the player is currently connected, they are dropped from the server right away.

Note

The ban applies to every identifier txAdmin has stored for that player — not just to their name. On the next connection attempt the player sees a message containing Ban Reason, Ban Date, Banned by and the Ban ID.

Tip

Save recurring reasons as a template: Settings → Bans → Edit Ban Templates. The same page holds the Ban Rejection Message — an optional text that is shown to banned players in addition. If you have a ban appeal process, you can use it to point players to it.

Revoke a ban

1. Open History
   Click History in the top menu. All warnings and bans are listed there.

2. Find the entry
   Search for the ban by its Action ID (format XXXX-XXXX), by Reason or by Player IDs. You can additionally filter by type and by the admin who issued it.

   Tip

   The Action ID is exactly the Ban ID shown to the banned player on their connection attempt. Ask the player for it and you will find the entry instantly.

3. Open the entry
   Click the entry. A window opens with the tabs Info, IDs and Revoke.

4. Revoke the ban
   Switch to the Revoke tab and click Revoke Ban.

Note

You can reach the same dialog straight from the player window: in its History tab, simply click the entry in question.

Kick a player via the server console

Note

Which console you need depends on the txAdmin field: if it is set to 1, txAdmin controls the actual server process — enter your commands in the Live Console, which you find in the left sidebar of txAdmin. If it is set to 0, your server starts directly with +exec server.cfg and you use the console in your dashboard.

Warning

Commands have to be entered in the console without a leading slash.

1. Open the console
   Open the Live Console in txAdmin or — with txAdmin disabled — the console in your dashboard.

2. Look up the player ID
   List all connected players:

   status

   The output shows the server ID, the name, the primary identifier and the ping for every player.

3. Kick the player
   Kick the player by their server ID and add a reason:

   clientkick 12 Breaking the rules

Note

status and clientkick are provided by the default resource rconlog. It has to be running for the commands to be available — in the default server.cfg this is handled by the line ensure rconlog.

Warning

FXServer has no built-in ban command. Bans are issued either through txAdmin or through the ban system of your framework or script.

Permissions for your team

Which admin is allowed to kick or ban is defined under Admins in txAdmin. The relevant permissions are:

• players.kick — kick a player
• players.warn — warn a player
• players.ban — ban and unban a player
• console.write — run commands in the Live Console

Tip

Only grant the permissions that are actually needed. A moderator usually gets by with players.kick, players.warn and players.ban — permissions such as control.server or settings.write are not required for that.