If your account is determined to contain posts that violate our Terms & Conditions of Use or Community Guidelines, your account may be temporarily placed into a suspended state. In that case, you will receive a notification with more details from Flickr’s Trust & Safety team in your email and FlickrMail account.
What happens to my account when it is suspended?
- Your content will be viewable only to you as the logged-in account owner. Other members will not be able to see your photos. While your profile will still be searchable, your photos will be hidden from public view.
- Your comments will not be displayed.
- You will not be able to add new photos to groups. Group admins will not be able to see your photo submission.
- You will still be able to upload Safe content, comment, fave, and send or receive FlickrMail.
- Any existing group photos will be hidden from public view.
- Other members will not receive notifications of your activity.
How do I remove the suspended state from my account?
Non-Safe content in a Free account
To restore your account, please Upgrade to Pro and make sure your content is properly moderated. Your account will be automatically reactivated.
As an alternative, you must delete all non-Safe content from your account, regardless of Privacy setting. Once all non-Safe content has been deleted you may contact our Trust & Safety team here so that your account can be reviewed and reactivated
Commercial activity in a Free account
To restore your account, please Upgrade to Pro. Your account will be automatically reactivated.
As an alternative, you must delete all commercial content from your account. Once all commercial content has been deleted you may contact our Trust & Safety team here so that your account can be reviewed and reactivated.
For all other violations
You will need to remedy the issues described in the notification from the Trust & Safety team.
Once you have brought your account into compliance, you can contact our Trust & Safety team here.
How do I learn more about why my account was suspended?
For more information about policies that may result in accounts being placed in a suspended state, please refer to the following articles in our Help Center: