Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user complains that Claude's account bans keep escalating, with API credit offers acting as bait: $100 on Max 5x gets a $100 ban and $200 on Max 20x gets a $200 ban, which the user calls outright robbery.

A user warns that after a Claude account is banned, resubscribing with the same Apple ID causes trouble, so you need a new Apple ID or must ask Claude to delete the banned account.

A poster whose Claude account was banned in late July envies people who can use it steadily, feels that any small slip in anti-ban setup leads to a ban, and is waiting for Grok to run Opus or for Anthropic to open China.

A user says in a video that their Claude account was banned for 30 days, without giving a reason.

The post says using a standard proxy plus WireGuard on Windows does not forward original packets, so the exit carries Linux traits inconsistent with the local Windows setup, which may explain bans after a period of use.

The poster says their Claude account, in use for more than six months, was banned a few days ago, and suspects a new policy or an updated detection system targeting underage users.

bensig posted that @claudeai banned their account for using Claude, and shared a screenshot.

A reply advises using Claude directly since it will not get the account banned, and switching to Qwen if one really does not want to, as survival advice in a ban discussion.

A reply warns that Claude users accessing the service via VPN should not claim a certain perk, saying many who did so had their accounts banned.

After his Claude account was banned, one user moved his login environment abroad and now uses it through SSH and UU remote access, digging out a 2020 MacBook Air M1.

One suggestion for avoiding Claude bans is to rely on the command line rather than the web and desktop apps, since CLI conversations are stored locally and survive an account loss.

The new Personal Agent product Hark successfully registered a Claude account, with a cleaner IP than Muse and no KYC, though the user worries the account may not last.