Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user replies that they no longer dare to open Claude, feeling their account could be banned at any moment.

A user suggests DeepSeek 4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 for reverse-engineering and cybersecurity work for those worried about OpenAI or Anthropic account bans.

An Australia-based user says they were banned despite paying for Claude Max 20x for a full year, and the data export contained only 240 bytes: a UUID and email.

A user says they were banned despite living overseas and paying for Claude 20x for a year, and the export held only a UUID and email, prompting an angry complaint to Anthropic.

A user shares a ban-avoidance tip: running Nord VPN under 3X UI so all Claude traffic exits through Nord, and staying unbanned for a long time.

The moshi author, a US permanent resident running a US company while temporarily in China, had his Claude Team account banned two days after paying for an annual renewal, with no refund.

A user says five of their Anthropic accounts were banned this week and calls for others to team up against the ban wave.

A user claims that accessing Claude from China via VPN results in account bans, attributing suspensions to region and network environment.

A user claims five Claude accounts were banned last week, each immediately after a $200 payment, with no refunds despite the accounts being unused.

The developer behind pdf.ai had his whole Claude Team organization suspended two days after renewing annually, and his appeal returned a final decision.

The poster says Claude bans follow rules already spelled out in Anthropic's user policy, and urges people to stop guessing at other causes.

The poster cites three signals that Anthropic may be loosening China restrictions: UnionPay payments, China as a selectable region, and successful appeals for permanently banned accounts.