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Guides / Arma 3 / Players and BattlEye

How to ban a player from your Arma 3 server

Ban a player on your Arma 3 server from the Players page: choose Ban, add a reason, pick a length from 1 hour to for good. Bans go by BattlEye GUID.

Updated , checked on Arma 3 2.22.154089

A ban keeps a player off your Arma 3 server. You choose how long: 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 30 days, or for good. The ban is made in BattlEye, the game’s anti-cheat, and it goes by the player’s GUID, not their name. A player who only needs a warning is better kicked.

Your server must be running with BattlEye on. For how the server is set up, see the Arma 3 servers page.

Ban a player who is online

  1. Open the Players tab.
  2. In Online, find the player.
  3. Choose Ban on their row. A box titled Ban with the player’s name opens.
  4. Type a reason in Reason (optional) (1) if you want one. It can hold at most 120 characters. If you leave it empty, the panel sends “Banned by an admin”.
  5. For starts on For good (2), a ban with no end. If you do not want that, open For and choose a shorter length (3): 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days or 30 days.
  6. Choose Ban in the box to confirm. The open list covers that button until you pick a length.
The Ban dialog with the For list open showing the six lengths
  1. Reason (optional)
  2. For good, the default
  3. A shorter length

The panel sends the ban to BattlEye with the length and your reason. BattlEye keeps the ban for that length.

See and end the ban

The ban appears in the Bans card on the same page. Each entry shows how long it has left, for example “60 min left”, or “for good”. An entry whose time is over shows “ended”.

To end a ban early, choose Lift next to it. See unban a player.

Good to know

  • A ban follows the GUID. A new name does not get round it.
  • A ban works on the player’s number and GUID. If the player left and another took the number, the panel says the player is no longer on the server. Nobody wrong is banned.
  • Only these six lengths work. The panel refuses any other length.
  • Speed limit. The panel allows 30 actions a minute on one server.
  • Your role must allow it. If Ban is missing, your role may not allow moderating players.

If you cannot ban a player

  • The buttons are off. The player is still joining and has no GUID yet. Wait a moment.
  • The player already left. Use ban a player who left, or ban by GUID or Steam ID.
  • The page says BattlEye refused the panel’s RCon password. The password was changed while the server ran. Restart the server. A restart disconnects everyone who is on, so choose a quiet moment and send A message to everyone from the Players page first.

Sources: Bohemia wiki: BattlEye

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