Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says that shortly after Anthropic added a Chinese interface and UnionPay payments, several people who paid had their Claude accounts banned, and warns others not to pay.

A user whose Claude account was banned again asks whether using the Claude client with relay service oups5.5 can deliver the native experience.

A user explains that a banned Claude account becomes Free and loses access to Claude Design, but data including chats and design drafts can be exported from settings via an emailed download link and then restored with GPT.

The author compares the mass suspension of Chinese users' Claude accounts to the Chinese Exclusion Act and McCarthyism, saying bans come with no reason and no appeal channel.

The user's third paid Claude account has lasted 48 hours after switching back to a local setup, and they call ban-prevention guides, device blacklists and timezone theories survivorship bias, with a next account already prepared.

The author tested a Claude IP risk checker and found their self-built VPN node only flagged a mainland China timezone, wondering if that explains their first Claude account being banned after three months.

The author says Anthropic has started another wave of account bans and compiles what they call the most effective Claude ban-prevention tips so readers can pick a strategy that suits them.

The author summarizes a dozen ban-prevention articles, listing fixed IP, fixed devices, no account sharing, not maxing out a new account's quota, checking Claude Code proxy settings and paying via Apple or Google subscriptions.

The author reports that a Claude account logged in through Dots has gone three to four days without being banned, with a screenshot as evidence.

The author says three Claude accounts were banned on their computer, and this new one has lasted 10 days using a fresh Singapore residential IP, an iCloud email, App Store card subscription, English as the preferred language and Taipei time zone.

The author, whose Claude account was banned, says switching back to GPT has been miserable: Astra and Sol 6.1 are slow, hallucinate and ignore instructions, and Luna gives up on tasks.

The account says three friends have already used this method to unban Claude accounts that were banned a few days ago, and shares the steps.