Your account is disabled - Google Account Help (2024)

For some policy violations, Google will review up to 2 appeals. If the first appeal isn’t approved, you can submit a second appeal with more information, which will be re-evaluated by a Google reviewer. Any appeals after that will be closed.

If this applies to your appeal, before you submit it, you’ll see a message about the max number of appeals that Google reviews for this type of policy violation.

Don't use Google services to make phone calls or send messages automatically (robodialing).

Robocalls are phone calls that use a computerized autodialer to send pre-recorded messages.

Some Google services have their own codes of conduct or terms of service, including:

• Service Specific Terms
• YouTube Community Guidelines
• Google Workspace Acceptable Use Policy

If someone doesn't follow these policies, we might stop that person from either:

• Using just that service
• Signing in to any Google services

Don't use Google services in a way that exploits or abuses children.

We act on the following kinds of content:

• Child sexual abuse materials, including cartoons.
• Child grooming - for example, befriending a child online to facilitate, either online or offline, sexual contact and/or exchanging sexual imagery with that child.
• Sextortion - for example, the use of real or alleged access to a child’s intimate images to threaten or blackmail a child.
• Sexualization of a minor - for example, imagery that depicts, encourages or promotes the sexual abuse of children or the portrayal of children in a manner that could result in the sexual exploitation of children.
• Trafficking of a child - for example, advertising or solicitation of a child for commercial sexual exploitation.

This content includes anything that's created, shared, sent, or uploaded on Google services.

When we come across child exploitation, we'll take appropriate actions. Our actions might include reporting child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children or law enforcement, and disabling accounts.

Note for certain of our communication services:

Within the European Union, certain of our communication services detect online child sexual abuse under the Regulation (EU) 2021/1232, which provides for a derogation from the confidentiality of communications under the Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse. Under Regulation 2021/1232, if you think your account was disabled by mistake, in addition to requesting review, you can lodge a complaint with your country’s relevant data protection authority. You also have the right to a judicial remedy before a competent court.

Don't use Google services to create a false identity to trick people into taking action (social engineering). It's a violation to create a Gmail address that implies someone works for an unrelated company or government organization.

However, uses like making a fan email account in a celebrity’s name are fine.

Don’t use Google services or your account in a way that may result in or cause a violation of applicable export or sanctions laws.

If you or your organization is a sanctioned party or acts on behalf of a sanctioned person or organization, your account and any affiliated accounts may be disabled.

Don’t harass, bully, or threaten others. We don’t allow Google services to be used to engage or incite others in these activities.

Keep in mind that online harassment is illegal in many places and can have serious offline consequences.

We may take appropriate action if we are notified of threats of harm or other dangerous situations, which may include reporting you to the relevant authorities.

Don’t impersonate a person or organization, or misrepresent yourself.

Don’t misrepresent or conceal your country of origin and create or distribute content about politics, social issues, or matters of public concern to users in a country other than your own misleadingly.

We do allow parody, satire, and the use of pseudonyms or pen names. Avoid content that is likely to mislead your audience about your true identity.

Don't use Google services for:

• Malware: Sending harmful or unwanted code or software, like viruses.
• Phishing: Taking private information by stealing it or tricking people into sharing it.
• Harming or interfering with Google networks, servers, or other systems (e.g. cyberattacks).

Don’t threaten to expose or disseminate explicit, intimate, or embarrassing content of a sexual nature of another person without consent.

Don’t coerce (using power, influence, or pressure), encourage, or solicit financial gain or other sexual content from an individual through the threat of disseminating their explicit, intimate, or embarrassing content of a sexual nature.

Online harassment is illegal in many places and can have serious offline consequences.

Don’t distribute sexually explicit content, including:

• Nudity
• Graphic sex acts
• p*rnographic content
• Driving traffic to commercial p*rnography sites

We allow content for educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic purposes.

Don't use Google services to send anyone unwanted content, called spam.

Spam can be emails, comments, photos, reviews, or any other content that's created or shared on Google services.

Here are some good general rules:

• Avoid sending unsolicited promotional or commercial content.
• Don't send content to people you don't know or to many people at the same time.

Don’t use Google services to share content intended to:

• Recruit for terrorist organizations
• Incite violence
• Glorify terrorist attacks
• Promote acts of terrorism

• Don’t impersonate an educational institution when creating a Google Workspace for Education account.
• Don’t misrepresent your qualifications when applying for a Google Workspace for Education account.Learn about qualifications.

• Don't create or use multiple accounts to break Google's policies.
• Don't use programs (called bots) to create fake accounts.

Google automatically detects and disables accounts made for abuse.

Many people have more than one Google Account, like a personal account and a work account. Uses like that are fine.

Upon request, we’ll sometimes take action under applicable laws or in response to a court order. Submit legal requests here.