How to Kick or Ban Players on your Ark Server

Maintaining a safe and fair server environment is crucial in Ark: Survival Evolved. Server admins can kick players to temporarily remove them due to disruptive behavior or minor rule violations, giving them a chance to correct their actions. Banning is used for more serious offenses, like cheating, exploiting, or repeated harassment, and removes the player until manually unbanned.

Requirements: You’ll need admin permissions to kick or ban players. Learn how to get admin access here.

Steps to Kick or Ban Players

Step 1) Join your Ark server.

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

Step 3) Get the player list (includes Steam IDs): admincheat ListPlayers

Step 4) Kick a player: admincheat KickPlayer [SteamID]

Step 5) Ban a player: admincheat BanPlayer [SteamID]

Step 6) Unban a player: admincheat UnBanPlayer [SteamID]