Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

Claude's web and desktop apps have restored Simplified Chinese support, and one user who switched languages and was banned two hours later says the ban came from a leaked local environment, not the language setting.

A user says a $20 Claude Code subscription account was banned after they briefly used a local network instead of keeping the environment clean, and an Apple appeal refunded $16.67.

A user says they used Claude heavily in Chinese for three to four months without a ban, using a self-built US IP, English system language, a non-+8 timezone and stating they are a Chinese person posted overseas.

A user shares a tip that accounts subscribing to Claude directly through the App Store are less likely to be banned.

The poster says all 10 of their $200 OpenAI subscriptions are intact while only one Claude Max account remains unbanned, using the contrast to compare the value of the two subscriptions.

A developer whose paid Claude accounts were banned even with residential broadband is now running a fourth account on a cloud VPS to see how long it survives.

A poster says Anthropic bans have risen sharply and suspects people are watching Simplified Chinese X for ban-evasion tips and Claude Code screenshots, warning users not to share their interface.

A post on the struggle of using Claude in China notes an early-October Hong Kong ban wave that hit paying Pro users, driven by datacenter VPN IPs, mismatched payment regions and frequent region switching.

The post says Anthropic banned about 1.45 million accounts in six months with only 3.3% of appeals overturned, and that paying users are suspended for unexplained "suspicious signals" with little chance of a refund.

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The poster notes that Claude now supports Simplified Chinese and asks whether friends who were banned are still around.

A short comment jokes about Claude's account bans, saying "bans should be bold," with no specific cases or appeal details.