Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

An Indonesian developer recalls student Cursor and GCP accounts being banned for abuse and worries Claude accounts may be next.

A developer says Claude repeatedly noted their repo contains Simplified Chinese and asked about Chinese support, and they hope to finish their tasks before any ban.

The poster says several friends with Claude accounts used for almost a year were banned, some also holding six months of Apache committer credits.

A reply shares that running always-on global traffic uses a lot of data but makes Claude use relatively hassle-free with low ban risk.

Replying to a user, they say a paid account being banned is frustrating and advise not putting all your eggs in one basket by keeping several AI tools on hand.

Someone shares a purported new method for unbanning a Claude account: claim the ban caused psychological harm, get a mental health assessment, and threaten to sue.

A method claimed stable for three days: uninstall all banned desktop clients, keep the same network, subscribe with a new US Apple ID and gift cards, and use only the CLI, not the desktop app.

The poster says they had plenty of ChatGPT quota but kept signing up for five Claude accounts anyway, all of which were banned, musing that what you can't have keeps you restless.

Anthropic's updated usage policy lists "systematic and gratuitous cruelty or inhuman behavior" as grounds for a ban, prompting the poster to consider canceling their Claude subscription.

The user says their Claude account was banned and they went back to using ChatGPT, not daring to touch Claude again.

A poster calls it the first known case of a ban for abusing the Claude model and says an Anthropic employee confirmed it when asked.

Citing CBS News, Anthropic's rules say users who repeatedly and gratuitously abuse Claude can be banned in extreme cases.