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How to Kick or Ban Players on Your ARK Server

Keeping your server fair and enjoyable is an important part of running an ARK: Survival Evolved server.

As an admin, you can:

  • Kick a player to remove them temporarily
  • Ban a player to block them from joining again
  • Unban a player if you want to restore access later

Kicking is useful for smaller issues or warnings, while banning is better for serious rule-breaking such as cheating, exploiting, or repeated harassment.

Requirement

You need admin permissions to use these commands.
If you do not have admin access yet, see: How to add or remove admins on your ARK server

Steps to kick, ban, or unban a player​

Step 1) Join your ARK server.

Step 2) Press TAB to open the in-game console.

Step 3) Get the player list, which also shows the player Steam IDs:

admincheat ListPlayers

Step 4) To kick a player, use:

admincheat KickPlayer [SteamID]

Replace [SteamID] with the actual Steam ID of the player you want to remove.

Step 5) To ban a player, use:

admincheat BanPlayer [SteamID]

Step 6) To unban a player later, use:

admincheat UnBanPlayer [SteamID]

That’s it — you can now manage disruptive players directly from the in-game console.