Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A user says they have run Claude through the NewMax client for half a year without being banned, suspects the official client uploads account markers, and suggests using third-party clients instead.

A user says their Claude account of more than a year was banned today after they occasionally opened Claude without a VPN, and they will switch accounts and move to GPT Pro.

After their old Claude account was banned for logging in while traveling, the author hit a string of obstacles subscribing to Claude Code: an Apple subscription tied to the old account, a government ID request on web signup, and a declined card on a new Apple ID, leaving the money unspent.

A commenter says they have registered four Claude accounts and received Apple refunds after two were banned, reassuring the original poster that using an account long enough already makes it worthwhile.

After seeing strong reviews of Opus 5.5, a user wants to risk a Claude account ban to try it once and asks if anyone will talk them out of it.

After watching a comparison of GPT-6, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5, a user wants to switch to Claude but is unsure how to avoid getting banned.

A user says the Claude account registered yesterday was banned today, so they bought API access to use Sonnet 5.5, which they note costs half as much.

A user had Manus's Cue register a Claude account, which was banned within 22 minutes, and uses the experience to compare five agent products.

A user found their newly registered Claude account had already been banned, with the suspension email arriving ten minutes before the welcome email.

A user in China says Claude risk control triggers immediately and is testing a third account, avoiding a specific Tuic node to confirm whether the node is the cause.

A user says their 1.5-year-old Claude account was banned and a newly registered one was banned the day after login, and suspects a new Japan Tuic VPN node is the cause.

A post says Claude Code account bans often come down to poor IP quality, recommends a tool to check it, and warns against trusting people promoting residential broadband services on X.