Moderate users (FREE)

Introduced in GitLab 15.8.

This is the group-level documentation. For self-managed instances, see the administration documentation.

A group Owner can moderate user access by banning and unbanning users.

Unban a user

To unban a user with the GraphQL API, see Mutation.namespaceBanDestroy.

For a demo on unbanning a user at the group level, see Namespace level ban - Unbanning a user.

Prerequisites:

• In the top-level group, you must have the Owner role.

To unban a user:

1. Go to the top-level group.
2. On the left sidebar, select Group information > Members.
3. Select the Banned tab.
4. For the account you want to unban, select Unban.

Ban a user

For a demo on banning a user at the group level, see Namespace level ban - Banning a user.

Prerequisites:

• In the top-level group, you must have the Owner role.
• In the top-level group, if the user you want to ban has the Owner role, you must demote the user.

To manually ban a user:

1. Go to the top-level group.
2. On the left sidebar, select Group information > Members.
3. Next to the member you want to ban, select the vertical ellipsis ({ellipsis_v}).
4. From the dropdown list, select Ban member.