Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A reply claims Claude's official docs state that once an email is banned, it cannot be used to register again even after account deletion.

Anthropic's IPO filing reportedly estimates 5–7% of revenue came from customers later deemed policy-violating, prompting jokes about banned paying Chinese users.

A user says their VPN died, Claude Desktop's IP jumped, and a ban email arrived within a minute; they appealed, requested an App Store refund, and switched to a backup account.

A reply mocks Anthropic for banning users who were paying it, saying the company runs things like a Discord server.

The author says their VPS-proxied Claude account survives but they want mobile access, so they consider registering a fresh account to see how long it lasts.

The author says Claude bans have eased recently and advises a static residential IP, a Gmail account, and 48–72 hours of normal use before paying for Pro, calling device-rental advice overblown.

A joke noting Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts in the first half of the year yet is heading to IPO, asking if buying ANT stock would let one appeal a Claude ban at the shareholder meeting.

User says a Claude account registered through muse with a fresh Google account was banned immediately, and complains muse needs an upgrade.

The user says they use Claude across devices without residential IPs and stay unbanned, and that a ban costs nothing thanks to App Store refunds plus a quick Gmail re-signup.

The author reads Anthropic's prospectus risk disclosure as a loop where delayed enforcement and re-registration after bans recycle violation revenue.

A user claims Anthropic urgently unbanned a batch of Chinese Claude accounts on its IPO filing day, suspecting it was to make numbers look better.

The post argues that for users behind the GFW, accessing X or YouTube is easy compared with keeping a Claude account alive without being banned.