How to Ban a Player from your FiveM Server

txAdmin provides several tools for banning players from your FiveM server, whether they are currently online or offline. This guide covers the different ways to issue bans, manage existing bans, and configure ban settings to help prevent ban evasion.

#Prerequisites

The following requirements must be met in order to ban a player:

• txAdmin is installed and configured on your server.

• You have Administrator or Moderator permissions in txAdmin.

• You have at least one player identifier, such as: their Steam ID, Discord ID, FiveM license, In-game player ID.

#Banning via Live Console

1. Open your Shockbyte Control Panel.

2. Launch txAdmin.

3. In txAdmin, navigate to Live Console on the left sidebar.

4. Locate the player in the connected players list and click their name.

5. Select Ban Player and complete the ban form:

• Duration: Permanent or temporary (hours or days)

• Reason: Clear explanation for the ban

• Note: Internal staff notes (optional)

6. Click Confirm Ban.

#Banning via Players Page

This method allows you to search for players using stored identifiers.

1. Open your Shockbyte Control Panel.

2. Launch txAdmin.

3. In txAdmin, navigate to Players on the left sidebar.

4. Search for the player using:

• Username

• Steam, Discord, or License ID

• IP address (if enabled)

5. Click the player’s entry to open their profile.

6. Select Ban Player and complete the ban form:

• Duration: Permanent or temporary (hours or days)

• Reason: Clear explanation for the ban

• Note: Internal staff notes (optional)

7. Click Confirm Ban.

#Ban Configuration Options

Global Ban Settings

You can customize how bans behave across your server:

1. Go to Settings > Bans > Ban Templates.

2. Configure:

• Default ban duration

• Predefined ban reasons

• Ban message templates

• Hardware ID banning (recommended)

3. Select Save Bans Settings.

Identifier Priority

txAdmin applies bans across multiple identifiers by default:

• Hardware IDs (most effective)

• Steam ID

• FiveM license

• Xbox Live ID

• Discord ID

• IP address (optional, not recommended)

#Verifying and Managing Bans

View Active Bans

1. Navigate to Players > More > Ban Identifiers.

2. Review:

• Player identifiers

• Ban reason

• Admin who issued the ban

• Expiration date and time

Revoke a Ban

1. Go to Players > Bans.

2. Locate the banned player.

3. Click Revoke Ban.

4. Enter a reason for the revocation.

5. Confirm the action.

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