Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says they first accessed Claude through a free VPN and were never banned, even though the linked Google account was registered with an 86 phone number.

birdwatcher1337 asks whether calling Claude Code from PyCharm's AI chat violates Anthropic's terms, saying they don't want their account banned.

A developer who made over 100 videos with Opus 5.5 calls it a headless version of CapCut and, citing recent bans of long-standing accounts, considers cancelling their subscription.

A user says their second Claude account, opened in 2024, counts as relatively old and they hope it survives, while their first account from 2023 has already been banned.

A fictional dialogue jokes about Claude account bans, claiming White House users were banned too and Chinese users were banned without refunds; it is satire, not a real event.

A Max 20x subscriber says they have never been banned, even when occasionally forgetting to turn on a proxy, and advises leaving headroom in the weekly quota instead of using it up just to use it.

A user says their Claude account of more than a year was suddenly banned, appeals were useless and no refund was given, tagging Anthropic and Claude's official accounts.

A user shares anti-ban measures for Claude Code: match the computer timezone to the node IP, use a residential IP proxy, pay with a US Apple ID gift card instead of a credit card, clean up ban residue with a skill, and enable TUN.

The tips cover matching timezone to node IP, using residential IP proxies, paying via gift card, a skill to clean up ban residue, and enabling TUN.

The user lists factors like a six-year-old Google account, a stable environment, Chinese-language use, passport KYC and multi-device switching, and finds none of them explain the ban pattern.

hieuSSR says their Claude account was banned right after a top-up and they haven't been able to use it since, with a self-deprecating tone.

A user says their account was banned after they shared Claude Code with other people, warning that sharing a subscription carries a ban risk.