How to Disable BattlEye on Your Arma 3 Server

Published June 9, 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

BattlEye is an anti-cheat system enabled by default on Arma 3 servers. Some server owners disable it for modded or private play sessions. You can toggle it in the server.cfg file through your Game Control Panel. You may also want to add a password to restrict who can join.

Warning: Disabling BattlEye removes protection against cheaters. Only disable it if you are running a private or heavily modded server where BattlEye causes compatibility issues.

Steps

  1. Log into your Game Control Panel.
  2. Stop your server if it is currently running.
  3. Click Configuration Files, then open the Text Editor for the server.cfg file.
  4. Locate the BattlEye = line and change the value from 1 to 0.
  5. Click Save.
    The save button in the Arma 3 server.cfg text editor after setting BattlEye to 0
  6. Start your server. BattlEye will no longer run on your server.

Note: To re-enable BattlEye, set the value back to 1, save, and restart.