Administering clients > Disconnecting clients
 
Disconnecting clients
Note  The following information is for server administrators and group administrators.
To disconnect a selected client or all clients from FileMaker Server:
1. Click the Activity > Clients tab, then select one or more clients.
2. Click Send message to or disconnect client icon in Activity Clients tab, then choose Disconnect or Disconnect All Clients.
If you choose to disconnect all clients, the Disconnecting All Clients dialog box opens; otherwise, the Disconnect Client dialog box opens.
3. For the message, type the message to send to clients before they are disconnected.
4. For Delay time, enter the number of minutes between when the notification is sent and when clients are disconnected.
Notes
If you are a server administrator, you can disconnect all clients from FileMaker Server. If you are a group administrator, you can disconnect only clients who are currently connected to the databases in your administrator group.
If you disconnect a FileMaker script client, the script immediately stops.
Related topics 
Sending messages to FileMaker clients in the Clients list
Closing hosted files
Administering clients