How to Enable a Whitelist on your FiveM Server

If you would like to restrict access to your FiveM server for yourself or your community, enabling a whitelist provides full control over who can join. This feature is ideal for a close group of friends, dedicated roleplay communities, or carefully managed servers, ensuring a secure and customized multiplayer environment for trusted players only.

The following guide outlines a quick and straightforward process to enable a whitelist via your Shockbyte Panel.

# Enabling the Whitelist

1. Go to your Shockbyte Control Panel.
2. Launch txAdmin.
3. Navigate to Settings and open the Whitelist tab.
4. Select the Whitelist Mode you'd like to run, set a Rejection Message, and click Save.
5. Restart your server.

# Approving Whitelist Applications

After you have enabled the whitelist for your FiveM server, people will automatically submit a whitelist application when trying to join. To view these whitelist applications, please follow these steps:

1. Go to your Shockbyte Control Panel.
2. Launch txAdmin.
3. Navigate to the Whitelist tab.
4. Under Whitelist Requests, you are able to either approve or deny pending players.

# Adding Someone to the Whitelist

After you have enabled the whitelist for your FiveM server, you can add trusted players directly.

1. Go to your Shockbyte Control Panel.
2. Launch txAdmin.
3. Navigate to the Whitelist tab.
4. In the Approved Whitelist Pending Join section, click Add Approval.
5. Enter the player's identifier using the format: identifierType:identifier and click Submit.

# Removing Someone from the Whitelist

After you whitelisted someone, you may want to revoke their access. You can do this being following these steps:

1. Go to your Shockbyte Control Panel.
2. Launch txAdmin.
3. Navigate to the Player tab.
4. Select the player whose access you wish to revoke.
5. Click Remove.

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