Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says they deleted their previously banned Claude account today and afterwards appear unable to register again.

A developer says his long-used Claude account was disabled two days after paying annually, with V2EX threads debating a batch ban of US company accounts and tips on appeals and renewals.

A user shares that after a Mac crash reboot, Claude Code desktop reopened before Clash but the account was not banned.

A long-time US Claude user says their account was banned by Anthropic after just a few days of a business trip to China.

A user shares three habits behind a year without a Claude ban: a dedicated US App Store subscription, a fixed Singapore node, and always the same MacBook.

A US permanent resident running a company spent over $1,500/month on Claude, renewed the team annual plan, then had the account banned after two days in China with no reason given and a failed appeal.

Damon Chen says his Claude Team account was banned two days after paying the annual fee when he briefly returned to China, with no refund.

Replying to @claudeai, the user calls Anthropic toxic and says it banned all accounts used for personal and white-hat purposes.

A user replies that among current models only Claude is somewhat usable, yet Anthropic keeps banning accounts.

A post introduces Claude Duet on Opus 5.5 for $20 Pro with shared quotas, and jokes you must first survive Anthropic's ban system before reaching the waitlist.

The author spotted an account that may be official Anthropic, commenting ban reasons under nearly every Chinese post discussing Claude account bans.

For Claude accounts banned after face collection caused financial loss, it lists App Store and credit card chargebacks, FTC/BBB complaints, and requests to delete biometric data.