How to Kick and Ban Players on Your The Forest Server

On a The Forest server you remove players with chat commands inside the game. What you always enter is the player's SteamID64 – a 17-digit number starting with 7656.

Note

The commands are only available to players who entered the admin password when joining. See Add Admin.

Tip

Here you can find a guide on how to find a SteamID64.

Use commands in the game

1. Join as an admin
   Enter the admin password when joining, otherwise the commands are ignored.

2. Open the chat
   Press Enter in the game to open the chat.

3. Enter a command
   All admin commands start with /, for example:

   /ban 76561198012345678

Kick a player

/kick <SteamID64>

The player is disconnected from the server but can rejoin at any time.

Ban a player

/ban <SteamID64>

The player is kicked from the server and can no longer connect.

Remove a ban

/unban <SteamID64>

Warning

/unban is not part of the official command list of The Forest, but it is described by several hosting providers. It may therefore not work on your server version. There is no ban file you could edit via SFTP – The Forest does not store a documented ban list in the file system. It is also undocumented whether bans survive a server restart.

Command overview

Command	Description
/help	Show the list of all available commands
/kick <SteamID64>	Disconnect a player from the server
/ban <SteamID64>	Block a player from the server
/save <1-5>	Save the game on the given slot
/restart	Restart the server
/shutdown	Shut down the server
/openlogs	Open the log window
/closelogs	Close the log window
/treeregrowmode on|off	Turn regrowth of cut down trees on or off
/allowbuildingdestruction on|off	Allow or forbid the destruction of buildings
/allowenemiescreative on|off	Allow or forbid enemies in creative mode

Important

Do not use /restart to restart your server: according to the official command list this command resets the save game – the save data is deleted in the process. Restart your server through the dashboard instead. Create a backup beforehand.

Warning

/save <1-5> saves on the slot you specify – if you enter a slot other than the one your server uses, you may overwrite a different save game.

No console in the dashboard

Note

For The Forest, the console in the dashboard only shows the output of the server. The server does not accept commands there – all admin commands go through the in-game chat.

No whitelist

Warning

The Forest has no whitelist feature. If you want to restrict your server to certain players, set a server password and only share it with those players.