How to Ban a Player From your Garry's Mod Server January 2025

Banning disruptive players from your GMod server can be a crucial step in maintaining a positive gaming environment. This guide will dive into the process of kicking and banning players from your server by utilizing ULX in-game commands.

First Method - ULX Admin

This method requires ULX to be installed. If you haven’t done that yet, please follow this article on Installing ULX & ULIB Admin System to your Garry’s Mod Server.

After installing ULX, Connect to your server.
Open the in-game console by pressing ~
Enter any ULX command, based on what you want to do.

`ulx ban <player> [time (in minutes)] [reason]`	Bans a player based off their username for an optional amount of time.
`ulx banid <steamid>[minutes, 0 for permanent] [reason]`	Bans a player based off their SteamID for an optional amount of time.
`ulx unban <steamid/username>`	Unbans a user based off their SteamID or username at the time of ban.
4. Press Submit for the command to take action.

Second Method

Connect to your server.
Open the in-game chat by pressing Y.
Enter any of the following commands:

`!ban <player> [time (in minutes)][reason]`	Bans a player based off their username for an optional amount of time.
`!banid <steamid>[time (in minutes)][reason]`	Bans a player based off their SteamID for an optional amount of time.
`!unban <steamid/username>`	Unbans a user based off their SteamID or username at the time of ban.
4. Press `Enter` for the command to take action.

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