How To Ban, Unban And Kick People On Your Valheim Server

Valheim is a very PvE focused game, so when it comes to playing on a Valheim server, it’s very important that you only give your server information (Password & IP) to friends or people you trust. However, in the event that someone somehow gets your password, or you need to remove someone from your server, the game offers a number of options for Kicking and Banning players from the game.

# How to Ban Someone Via In-Game

Before you can ban someone in-game, you’ll need to make sure that you are an admin on your server. You can check out our guide on doing this here - How to Give Yourself Admin on Your Valheim Server

1. Login to your server, and press the F5 key to bring up the Console.
2. Enter the command ban <steamID64>.

Alternatively, you can ban <Character Name> to also ban them from the server. Note that banning someone by their Character name will ban their SteamID and thus all their characters from the server.

3. After a few seconds, the user will be banned from the server.

# How to Ban Someone Via Config Files

You can view and edit your config files via the control panel.

1. Login to your control panel.
2. Navigate to the Files tab.
3. Locate and Open the bannedlist.txt file.
4. Add their SteamID64 to the file, being sure to have one ID per line.
5. Click Save. After a few seconds, the user will be banned from the server.

# How to View Banned Players

Before you can view banned people in-game, you’ll need to make sure that you are an admin on your server. You can check out our guide on doing this here - How to Give Yourself Admin on Your Valheim Server

1. Login to your server, and press the F5 key to bring up your Console.
2. Enter the command banned.
3. This will then list all currently banned users.

# How to Unban Someone Via In-Game

If you have a whitelist on your server - or anyone inside the “permittedlist.txt” config file, then anyone not on that list will be banned. If you need help managing your whitelist, check out our guide on it here - How to Whitelist Your Valheim Server

1. Login to the server, and press the F5 key to bring up your Console.
2. Enter the command unban <steamID64>.
3. After a few seconds, the user will be able to join the server again.

# How to Unban Someone Via Config Files

1. Login to your control panel.
2. Navigate to the Files tab.
3. Locate and Open the bannedlist.txt file.
4. Remove the user's SteamID64 from the file (You can use Ctrl + F to search the file if it has a lot of users in it).
5. Click Save and Restart your server.

# How to Kick Someone

Because kicking is not permanent (i.e. once it's done there's no need to do it again), this can only be done from within the game.

1. Login to the server, and press the F5 key to bring up your console.
2. Enter the command kick <steamID64> .

Alternatively, you can kick <Character Name> to also kick them from the server.

3. The user will be kicked after a few seconds.

Running your Valheim server is pretty easy! You now know how to ban, unban, or kick players when you need to.