How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Terraria Server

You kick and ban players via the server console in the dashboard. You always specify the player name the player joined the server with.

Find the player name

playing

This command lists all currently connected players. Use the name exactly as shown there for the following commands.

kick <PlayerName>

The player is removed from the server but can rejoin immediately.

ban <PlayerName>

The player is removed from the server and added to the file banlist.txt.

There is no unban command. To unban someone you edit the ban list via SFTP:

Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard.
Connect via SFTP
Connect to your server via SFTP.
Open banlist.txt
In the main directory of your server, open the file:
```
/banlist.txt
```
Remove the entry
Every ban consists of two lines: the player name and, below it, the banned IP address. Remove both lines of the player and save the file.
Tip
Example
//PlayerName 123.45.67.89
Start the server
Start your server so the ban list is read in again.

Command	Description
`playing`	Show connected players
`kick <PlayerName>`	Kick a player
`ban <PlayerName>`	Ban a player
`say <message>`	Send a message to all players
`help`	Show all console commands
`time`	Show the current in-game time
`save`	Save the world immediately
`exit`	Save the world and shut down the server