Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A viral thread discusses Google accounts getting banned after being used to register Claude, with commenters suggesting clean alt accounts, email signup, and deleting the old account to re-register.

A user reports their Claude account was not banned, but the Google account used to log in was, with both Google accounts bought from an account seller getting banned.

A user asks whether accessing Claude through Google Cloud reduces the chance of getting their account banned.

A reply says Claude subscriptions bought via Google Play that get instantly banned can be refunded by replying to the email or not logging in for three days.

With Max 20x and US subscriptions also getting banned, the author draws on 500+ cases to list four rules for keeping a native Claude account and suggests Google Antigravity's built-in Claude models as a ban-free alternative.

The user credits a 14-year-old Google account for never being banned on Gemini, Claude, Muse and others, noting Claude even said their location was fine.

One user argues that losing an OpenAI or Anthropic account is manageable, but having a Google account banned is the worst outcome.

After reviewing ban posts, a user says Claude accounts registered with newly created Gmail addresses are more likely to be banned, and recommends using a five-year-old Gmail or a US-region Apple ID instead.

Citing the linked-ban practice in private tracker communities, the poster worries Anthropic could share its methods for identifying Chinese users with OpenAI, Google and smaller AI firms.