Got a cheater or a troublemaker on your DayZ server? You can kick or ban them straight from the server Console using RCON, or ban them manually by adding their SteamID64 to your server's ban list. Here's how to do both.

Finding a Player's Number and GUID

DayZ uses BattlEye's RCON, which identifies players by a player number and a BattlEye GUID rather than their name. Player numbers change every time someone joins, so always check the list first.

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Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Console.
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Type players and press Enter.

This lists everyone connected with their player number, IP, ping, BattlEye GUID and name. Note down the number and GUID of the player you want to kick or ban.

Kicking a Player

Kicking removes a player from your server, but they can rejoin straight away.

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Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Console.
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Type kick [player #] [reason] and press Enter. The reason is optional and is shown to the player.

Example: kick 5 Building inside the military zone

Banning a Player With RCON

Banning a Connected Player

Use ban to remove a player who is on your server right now and stop them from coming back.

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Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Console.
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Type ban [player #] [minutes] [reason] and press Enter. Leave the time out or set it to 0 for a permanent ban.

Example: ban 7 1440 Combat logging bans player 7 for 24 hours.

Banning a Player Who Has Left

If the player has already left, use addBan with their BattlEye GUID instead. You can get the GUID from the players list while they're online.

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Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Console.
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Type addBan [GUID] [minutes] [reason] and press Enter. Leave the time out or set it to 0 for a permanent ban.

Example: addBan 4d2c8f19a6b34e57c0d19f8b2a3e6c74 0 Cheating

Note

addBan takes a BattlEye GUID or an IP address, not a SteamID64. If you only have a player's SteamID64, use the manual method below instead.

Removing an RCON Ban

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Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Console.
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Type bans and press Enter to list every ban with its ban number.
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Type removeBan [ban #] and press Enter.

Example: removeBan 3

Banning a Player Manually With Their SteamID64

DayZ also has its own ban list, ban.txt, which bans players by their SteamID64. This is handy when you know a player's Steam profile but they aren't online and you don't have their BattlEye GUID.

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Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Files.
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Open ban.txt. If it doesn't exist yet, click Create File to make one.
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Add the player's SteamID64 on its own line. To ban more players, add each ID on a new line:
76561198106341655 76561198012345678
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Start your server.

Note

ban.txt is DayZ's own ban list and sits in the main folder of your server. It's separate from the BattlEye ban list that the RCON commands above use.

To unban someone, delete their SteamID64 from ban.txt and restart your server.

Tip

For a full list of RCON commands, see our RCON guide.

If you get stuck at any time, you can reach out to us on Discord.

How To Kick And Ban Players On Your DayZ Server