Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says they thought Claude subscriptions were no longer being banned, but their own account has been banned.

The author says a Claude account banned during the National Day holiday has been restored and shares the appeal email template they used, suggesting banned users try it.

A user complains that after their Claude account was banned, the data export they requested was a 240-byte archive containing only their email address.

A user says Claude is more cost-effective than GPT now that GPT quotas have shrunk, but warns accounts are easily banned in China, and even being abroad may not be safe.

A user posts that their Claude account has been banned for the third time, with a screenshot as evidence.

The author collects commenters' cases showing that a Mac mini placed overseas on a native network still gets banned, since risk controls also weigh payment, behavior and remote input injection, concluding that the official API is more cost-effective.

The user says both Max accounts were banned right after disconnecting and reconnecting their VPN, suspects the sudden IP exit change got them flagged, and plans to test with a third account.

Amid a recent wave of Claude bans, the post lists seven tips to avoid them: don't enable Computer Use, avoid the Beijing time zone, don't switch nodes, don't use domestic credit cards, and more.

A user relays Gemini's claim that a Japanese native card is the highest security tier and that Claude is unlikely to be banned during a return to China if used properly, and asks others to verify.

A user says their Claude account, which they thought was rock solid, has been banned, and jokingly asks someone to take it up with Dario.

A poster says Anthropic can ban accounts at any moment without giving a reason, offers only one appeal, and after that gives no explanation or room to discuss it.

A user says their Claude account was previously banned, and that re-registering with a regular email rather than Google sign-in succeeded without a phone number being requested.