vBulletin Manual - View Banned Users

The View Banned Users panel, accessible via Users > View Banned Users, allows you to view and modify the status of all currently banned users on your site.

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There are two tables in the View Banned User panel: Temporary Ban and Permanent Ban. Both tables have the following columns:

User Name
The username of the user who has been banned. Clicking the username will open the Edit User form for that user. For more information on this form, see the Adding or Editing a User article.
Banned By
The username of the user who banned the specified user. Clicking the username will open the Edit User form for this user. For more information on this form, see the Adding or Editing a User article.
Banned On
The date the specified user was banned.
Ban Period
The length of the ban, in days. In the Permanent Ban table, this column displays “Permanent”.
Ban Will Be Lifted On
The date and time the ban will be lifted. In the Permanent Ban table, this column displays “Never”.
Ban Time Remaining
The amount of time the specified user has left on their ban, in days and hours. In the Permanent Ban table, this column displays “Forever”.
Lift Ban
Use this option to lift the ban on the specified user before the end of the ban period. Clicking the [Lift Ban] link opens a new page asking if you are sure you want to lift the ban for the specified user. Clicking the [Yes] button will remove the user from the banned usergroup and placed back into the usergroup they were a member of before their banning. They will also be removed from the View Banned Users panel. Clicking the [No] button will cancel the action and return you to the View Banned Users panel.
Ban Reason
This column displays the text entered into the “Reason to show the user” field on the Ban User form. Clicking this link will open a new page with the following fields:

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- User Name
  The username of the specified banned user.
- Reason to show the user
  This message will be shown to the user every time they visit the site while the ban is in effect.
Click the [Ban User] button to save the changes and return to the View Banned Users panel or click the [Reset] button to clear any changes you’ve made.

Below each table is a [Ban User] button. Click this button to go to the b]Ban User[/b] form to ban a new user. For more information about this form, see the Ban Users article.