Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

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.

An analysis of Claude's risk controls says 1.45 million accounts were banned in six months with only a 3.3% appeal success rate, and that what matters is whether IP, payment identity and usage rhythm look like one stable person, not nationality.

Comparing AI coding tools, a user says they avoid Claude because of frequent account bans and therefore lean toward GPT.

A user says their Claude account was suspended since Friday because some chats looked like they came from an underage person, and that face and ID verification both return errors.

A joke post describes a manager asking for progress and the engineer replying that he was suspended for waiting on Claude's quota reset before he could resume work.

A user says their Claude account of more than a year was banned after a few messages when they returned from a trip to resume Vibecoding, and asks Anthropic what happened.

A user says their account was banned even though they resisted claiming Claude's $250 in credits, and notes that Claude handles design and motion work that ChatGPT cannot.

A user says they had not used Claude for three or four months, having only used Claude Code from March to May, when an email suddenly arrived saying their account had a problem and was banned.