Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

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.

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.