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# Kick a Bedrock player

> Disconnect a player from a native Minecraft Bedrock Edition server with the kick command.

Use the `kick` command to disconnect a player from a native Minecraft Bedrock Edition server. Kicking a player does not permanently block that player.

## Before you begin

* Start the server and wait until it finishes loading.
* Confirm that the player is connected.
* Use the player's exact Xbox Gamertag, including spaces and capitalization.
* Put a Gamertag in quotation marks when it contains spaces, such as `"Example Player"`.

## Kick a player

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the console">
    Open the server in the Purpify game panel, then open its console view.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the Gamertag">
    Find the player's exact Xbox Gamertag in the console.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run the kick command">
    Enter `kick`, the player's Gamertag, and an optional reason. Do not add a leading `/` in the console.

    ```text theme={"dark"}
    kick "Example Player" "Please contact the server owner."
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm the player disconnected">
    Check the console for the disconnect message.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Prevent the player from reconnecting

Kicking only ends the current connection. To prevent the player from reconnecting, [enable the allowlist and remove the player's Gamertag](/bedrock/whitelist).

<Info>
  For Bedrock players joining through Geyser, use the Java server's player-management tools instead of this native Bedrock command.
</Info>