---
title: "Managing Players: How to Ban, Unban, and Kick on Your Valheim Server"
description: "Information on how to Ban, Unban and Kick on your Valheim Server"
url: https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/146-managing-players-how-to-ban-unban-and-kick-on-your-valheim-server
collection: "Valheim"
updated: 2026-06-13
language: en
---

# Managing Players: How to Ban, Unban, and Kick on Your Valheim Server

Information on how to Ban, Unban and Kick on your Valheim Server

## Summary

Valheim is a PvE-focused game, so when playing on a Valheim server, it’s important to only share your server details (such as the password and IP) with trusted players. However, if someone you don’t want gains access or you need to remove a player, Valheim allows you to kick, ban, and unban players directly in-game or through your server’s configuration files.

## How to Ban Someone In-Game

> **Error:** Before banning someone, make sure you are an admin on your server. You can follow our guide: [Adding Admins To Your Valheim Server](https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/145-adding-admins-to-your-valheim-server.md).

1.  Join your server and press the F5 key to open the console.
    
2.  Enter the command:  
    `ban <steamID64>`  
    Alternatively, you can enter:  
    `ban <Character Name>`
    
    > **Info:** Banning a character name will also ban their SteamID, preventing all of their characters from joining.
    

> **Success:** After a few seconds, the player will be banned from your server.

## How to Ban Someone Using Config Files

1.  Log in to your ChipHead Panel.
    
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2.  **Stop** your server.
    
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3.  Go to the **Files** tab.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260613162824_2009.png)
    
4.  Navigate to `/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/bannedlist.txt`.
    
5.  Add the player’s SteamID64 to the file, one ID per line and click **Save Content**.
    
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6.  Start/restart your server and the user/s will be banned from the server.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260613162923_1773.png)
    

## How to View Banned Players

> **Error:** Before viewing banned players, make sure you are an admin on your server. You can check out our guide: [Adding Admins To Your Valheim Server](https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/145-adding-admins-to-your-valheim-server.md).

1.  Log in to your server and press F5 to open the console.
    
2.  Enter the command:  
    `banned`  
    (This will display a list of all currently banned users.)
    

> **Info:** Only SteamID64s and Character Names are valid entries in the ban list. If you ban a Character Name, it will automatically convert to a SteamID64.

## How to Unban Someone In-Game

If your server uses a whitelist, anyone not on that list will be automatically banned. To learn more about managing your whitelist, check out our guide: [How to Whitelist Your Valheim Server](https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/151-how-to-whitelist-your-valheim-server.md).

1.  Log in to your server and press F5 to open the console.
    
2.  Enter the command:  
    `unban <steamID64>`  
    (After a few seconds, the user will be able to rejoin your server.)
    

## How to Unban Someone Using Config Files

1.  Log in to your ChipHead Panel and stop your server.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/Ql8wVvVkQBoCek9vWEo8kM1zTKt0rKASjai9eEfGX4EyxIBUI9eaI8GdSb8AmSitYhkj6f6ZJOr.png)
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260613162931_8687.webp)
    
2.  Go to the **Files** tab.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260613162940_9959.png)
    
3.  Navigate to `/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/bannedlist.txt`.
    
4.  Remove the player’s SteamID64 from the list (You can use Ctrl + F to search if the list is long.) and click **Save Content**.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/eKAsgwTlQ3he3MbgE39x4lpmGAIu8L3RNDDaS7spynLZRSYwj9P2Izc8oIpOCdExhdV3pA6ubrD.png)
    
5.  **Start**/**restart** your server.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260613162903_4627.png)
    

## How to Kick Someone

Kicking a player is temporary and can only be done in-game.

1.  Log in to your server and press F5 to open the console.
    
2.  Enter the command:  
    `kick <steamID64>`  
    Alternatively, you can use:  
    `kick <Character Name>`
    
    > **Info:** The player will be removed from the server after a few seconds.
    

> **Success:** You now know how to ban, unban, and kick players from your ChipHead Valheim Server whenever needed.