Can kicked players join back Minecraft?

Kicking is a feature usable by a host between games in the lobby, and allows them to kick and remove any player from their game. For the host to kick a player, they must go into the chat, press or click the button to kick a player, and select the player's name in which the host would like removed. The host will also have the option to ban the player. If kicked, the player will be disconnected from the server, but can join back as long as the game has not started.

During an emergency meeting, players can vote to kick others. If a player chooses to kick someone, the background behind the target's name will start to turn red, similar to a standard progress bar. When three players vote to kick someone and the progress bar is full, the person is kicked from the game. Ghosts cannot vote to kick someone. When a person is kicked from a game, the message "[Playername] was kicked by [hostname]" will appear in the bottom left corner. This happens even if they were kicked by vote and the host did not participate in the vote kick. It is possible for a game host to be kicked in an emergency meeting, which results in the second player to join being said to kick the host.

As an administrator or OP of your server you must manage all of the banned players. This is different than using a whitelist as a banned player will never have access to the server. We recommend that you use this only in the event of someone that you are sure you do not want on the server anymore.

As a server owner you will be faced with the task of managing your player base to ensure stable game play for the rest of your community. So in the event a player acts unruly, you can take swift action by issuing a ban on them. With console access or op ingame you can ban and unban players through the use of the ban and pardon commands.

Understanding the difference

When banning a player you have a couple options. You can either ban based on the name or IP of the player.

Player based bans are effective at preventing the respective player (the Minecraft account) from accessing the server, but does not stop the user (the physical person) from accessing it with an alternative account.

IP based bans will ban the user based on the player’s last known IP. This is effective at preventing alternative accounts from joining the server but fails if the user is using a dynamic IP.

With this in mind, it’s best to ban using both methods.

Player Ban

To ban a player from the console, enter in ban player, replacing player with the name of the player you wish to ban. With OP, enter in /ban player, replacing player with the name of the player you wish to ban.

#In Game Admin Command
/ban AshKetchum

#In Control Panel Console Command
ban AshKetchum

IP Ban

To ip ban a player from the console, enter in ban-ip player, replacing player with the name of the player you wish to ban based on their last known IP. With OP, enter in /ban-ip player, replacing player with the name of the player you wish to ban based on their last known IP.

#In Game Admin Command
/ban-ip AshKetchum

#In Control Panel Console Command
ban-ip AshKetchum

View Ban List

Player Bans

To view the player ban list from the console, type in banlist ips. If you are in game with OP, type in /banlist ips.

How to Unkick a player?

Aleece Landis

• December 16, 2021 18:17
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Is there a way for the operator to unkick a player that they previously kicked?

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  Penny

  • December 18, 2021 00:00

  Hi Aleece!  You can have the host re-generate the join code, and then have the player re-join with the new code.

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  Aleece Landis

  • December 22, 2021 13:09
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  Sorry so late getting back but microsoft wouldn't let me into my outlook mail for the past week it seems.  Anyway, when I tried just re-generating the join code, that didn't let the kicked player back in.  They were able to get back in after we restarted the world and clients.

  How do you join Minecraft after being kicked?

  Locate the username of the desired player, then click it. You will now want to change the players role from None to Default Role and click save . Head back to the main panel page and start the server. The player should now be able to join.

  How do you un kick a player in Minecraft?

  To unban a player you can use the pardon command either on the console or ingame. In both cases the pardon will remove the player and or their IP from the banlist when used. Order your Minecraft server hosting from Apex and get started today.