Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says their Claude Code account, used for more than a year, was banned today, and vents anger at Anthropic.

A user's Claude account, registered with an Apple private email, was banned for inactivity; after two failed appeals they deleted the account and re-registered successfully, and has been using a Grok cloud computer for two months.

A commenter says Anthropic support is impossible to reach, the Fin bot doesn't help, and without a contact inside the company the only options are accepting the loss or charging back and losing the account.

A user who returned to Opus 5.5 for two days had their Claude account banned last night, says it stings more than losing $200, and is unsure whether to renew Max or if Pro is enough.

Some people are using the Claude ban wave to sell eSIM cards, U cards and VPS services, and the poster argues most ban-avoidance tips are unreliable superstition.

A poster says their seventh Claude account was banned after only two days of use and is now looking into getting a refund.

A user shares that claude.ai/api/organizations shows an account's registration date, and credits being an early Claude Waitlist user for their account never being banned.

A reposted guide claims that tuning the IP environment kept a new Claude account alive for two months during the ban wave, noting signup is easy but using 5.5 requires proper setup.

A user says they wanted to write a guide on keeping a Claude account alive, but lost confidence in it after being banned just days after thinking they had fully figured out the ban mechanism.

A post claims that people using muse to bulk-register Claude accounts now see accounts banned immediately upon registration, with an image as evidence.

The author initially dismissed X users complaining about their Claude accounts being banned, but says they were completely convinced after watching a video and now understand why those users insist on using it.

A user says their Claude account was banned less than 24 hours after paying, despite barely using it, calls Anthropic too strict, and asks whether a refund is possible.