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How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Space Engineers Server

You can kick and ban players directly in-game, or ban them permanently via the server config.

Note

To kick and ban in-game you need admin rights. See Add Admins.

Method 1: Directly in-game

  1. Join the server
    Join your server as an admin.

  2. Open the admin menu
    Open the player list with F3 or the admin screen with Alt + F10.

  3. Kick or ban the player
    Select the player and click Kick (temporary removal) or Ban (permanent block).

Method 2: Via the server config

You can also ban players permanently via the ban list.

Caution

Stop your server before editing the config file.

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

  2. Connect via SFTP
    Connect to your server via SFTP, or use the file browser.

  3. Open the config
    Open the file SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg.

  4. Ban the player
    Find the <Banned> section and add one line per player with the SteamID64:

    xml
    <Banned>
      <unsignedLong>76561198000000000</unsignedLong>
    </Banned>
    <Banned>
      <unsignedLong>76561198000000000</unsignedLong>
    </Banned>

    To unban, remove the corresponding line again.

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

Note

Space Engineers has no built-in console commands for kicking or banning. Commands like /kick or /ban come from mods (e.g. Torch) and are not part of the standard server.

Tip

You can find a player's SteamID64 via the linked guide.