Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says Claude accounts are banned seconds after they appear, adding that being useful does not help and they got the same treatment.

A non-programmer says two Claude accounts were banned before they set up a VPS, Google email, US Apple ID and gift cards, and the current account has now survived five months.

A user says they modified request fingerprints in Sub2API to imitate the Claude Code CLI, upgraded from Pro to Max x20, and have gone over a week without a ban; a full tutorial is promised.

A user asks why others keep getting their Claude accounts banned, saying theirs has never been banned even without a clean IP node and while asking questions in Chinese.

A user shares that their Claude account, banned for two months, has finally been unbanned, describing the feeling as like reconnecting with an old friend.

A user says Codex briefly became their main tool after their Claude account was banned, and that Grok bot is now their primary one.

After being banned, a user says every anti-detection method is just talk and unbanned accounts are only a matter of time unless Anthropic changes its approach.

A Claude user since mid-2025 says their account has never been banned and guesses it's because their Gmail account is old and their proxy is niche and clean.

Someone is selling Claude Max 5x/20x top-ups or ready-made accounts for 699/849 yuan with a warranty covering only one ban, reflecting the gray market amid a wave of bans.

A post asks whether people believe there is a way to stop Claude Code accounts from being banned, arguing that believing it is possible is the first step to solving it.

A user says people are traveling to Bangkok and Penang to use Claude Code without bans, burning 2 billion tokens in four days, and notes that living in Japan feels like a hidden perk of studying abroad.

A reply asks whether the person knows anyone whose Claude account has been banned, reflecting how common ban discussions are among users.