Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A satirical post reframes Claude account bans as the AI worrying about users coding around the clock and telling them to rest instead.

A user says four of their five Claude accounts were banned, leaving one $20 US-region account running Opus, and credits clean IPs and one device per account.

After a morning of research, a user concludes that a mainland China identity makes buying Claude Max or using Claude Code nearly impossible, citing Anthropic's 11.4 million account bans in the first half of 2026.

A user warns that Claude's recent ban wave is severe, saying their account of almost six months was banned again today, with a screenshot attached.

The author believes Claude has handed account bans to AI that scans the backend 24 hours a day and decides automatically, and that projects serving Chinese users are especially likely to be banned.

A user says that after their original Claude account was banned they registered a new one without subscribing, still logging in on the same device via the desktop app and web, and it was fine on day three.

A user asks for help, saying they want to use Claude's Opus 5.5 but are afraid of getting their account banned.

A user says a Hong Kong Club SIM can be applied for online with a passport or travel permit, activated from mainland China, and used to register a Gmail account after a Claude ban, at 58 yuan per card.

A user whose secondary Claude account was banned after two days asks whether the main account on the same computer and IP is affected, and whether Claude links accounts or flags IPs.

A user complains that Claude bans are severe in China yet loyal users keep buying new accounts, citing a 20x account banned an hour after purchase before the buyer bought another.

A user's newly registered Claude alt account was banned in under 12 hours for violating the supported countries and regions policy, and the user reviewed the registration, network and usage steps.

A paying Claude user who kept important work in Projects says the account was banned, the appeal rejected, and the data export contained only a users.json with no chats or project content.