Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user finds their previously banned old Claude account is usable again, with no unban email or notification, just as they were about to nurture it for a subscription.

A joke list framing Claude ban-wave survivors — banned right after paying $200 and still calmly finding workarounds — as ideal partners.

A user reports their Claude account was banned seconds after registering through a Grok bot and asks why.

Replying to claudeai, a user says their personal email was banned by Claude while living in China and every appeal since leaving has been denied.

The author blames recent Claude ban waves on China-region nodes, shared proxies and datacenter IPs, and offers IP purity checks plus residential-IP tips to avoid bans.

A user complains that Claude bans wipe usage quota back to zero, noting a friend was banned twice in three days and had to restart from scratch.

The author argues the Claude ban discussion is hype from VPN, VPS and residential-IP sellers, and that no banned user has explained what they actually did with Claude.

A user says their Apple-subscribed Claude account stayed stable last year and they kept quiet during the ban wave, but it was banned this May, though a refund came through.

A user reports six months on an App Store–subscribed Claude Pro account with self-hosted VPS nodes and no bans, even though Claude inferred their mainland China location, and asks whether in-app purchase subscriptions resist enforcement better.

A poster says a US citizen's Claude account was banned simply for spending time in China, criticizing the rule as location-based and blunt.

A blogger signs up for Claude through a US residential broadband IP and sets up Claude Code desktop, planning daily updates on how long the account survives.

A short reply tagging Anthropic says that Chinese users get banned for using Claude.