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How to Kick and Ban Players on Your HumanitZ Server

Kick and ban players on a HumanitZ server

4 min read
Jul 30, 2026

Kicking and banning in HumanitZ works through RCON. There are no chat commands for it – the matching commands are RCON commands only. So you have to set up RCON once before you can remove players.

Set up RCON

  1. Check the port
    RCON requires its own TCP port. You can see which port is available for your server in the dashboard in the port overview. If no additional port is assigned there, you can request one via a support ticket.

  2. Stop the server
    Stop your server via the dashboard.

  3. Connect via SFTP
    Connect to your server via SFTP.

  4. Open the configuration file
    Open the following file:

    /HumanitZServer/GameServerSettings.ini
    
  5. Enable RCON
    Enter the following values in the [Host Settings] section:

    [Host Settings]
    RCONEnabled=true
    RConPort=<RCON port from the dashboard>
    RCONPass="YourRconPassword"
    
  6. Start the server
    Save the file and start your server.

Connect with an RCON tool

HumanitZ uses an RCON implementation compatible with Valve's. You can therefore use any common RCON client.

  1. Open an RCON tool
    Open an RCON tool such as mcrcon or a comparable RCON client.

  2. Enter the connection details

    • Host: the IP address of your server (without port)
    • Port: the RCON port from the dashboard
    • Password: the password from RCONPass
  3. Run commands
    Once connected you can run the commands listed below.

Find the player ID

To kick and ban you need the Steam ID of the player. The following command provides it:

Players

The output lists all connected players with their name and Steam ID.

Kick a player

kick <SteamID>

The player is disconnected from the server but can rejoin at any time.

Ban a player

ban <SteamID>

The player is immediately kicked from the server, added to the ban list and can no longer connect.

Remove a ban

unban <SteamID>

With fetchbanned you can retrieve the list of all banned Steam IDs beforehand.

Command overview

Command Description
Players Shows all connected players with name and Steam ID
kick <SteamID> Disconnects a player from the server
ban <SteamID> Bans a player and kicks them from the server
unban <SteamID> Removes the ban of a player
fetchbanned Shows the list of all banned Steam IDs
admin <message> Sends a chat message with the admin tag

Edit the ban list as a file

The bans of your server are additionally stored in a text file inside the project folder:

/HumanitZServer/F_BannedPlayers.txt

It contains one Steam ID per line. If the file does not exist yet, you can create it yourself.

  1. Stop the server
    Stop your server via the dashboard.

  2. Edit the file
    Open F_BannedPlayers.txt via SFTP and enter one Steam ID per line – or remove a line to lift a ban:

    76561198012345678
    76561198087654321
    
  3. Start the server
    Save the file and start your server.

Block globally banned players

In the [Host Settings] section you can additionally enable the global ban list:

UseGlobalBanList=true

Your server then rejects players who were banned on the official servers.

Set up a whitelist

If you want to restrict your server to certain players, enable the following in the [Host Settings] section:

OnlyAllowedPlayers=1

You then enter the allowed players with one Steam ID per line into the following file:

/HumanitZServer/F_MVPAccess.txt

Admin interface in the game

Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Jul 30, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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