Paxful takes users’ safety very seriously including your behavior, which is why they ban any user that violates their terms of use. It may seem to you that you’ve been suspended for no reason. If this is the case you’ll need to take the due necessary steps to unban your Paxful account.
Paxful has strict terms and conditions of service and most times bans any user that violates them. You can reactivate your blocked account in different ways: by appeal, via contacting Paxful support, using a different device or you can create a new account.
Thus, if you have received Paxful ban notification you can reactivate or make a new account in no time.
Now that you know you can get your account back, what exactly is Paxful ban, how long does Paxful ban last, and how to unban your account? You have to relax and continue reading because we’re going to explore them one after the other.
How to Unban Paxful Account
If you feel your account was wrongly restricted, all you need to do is contact the Paxful support team and provide them with enough proof of your innocence.
In most cases, the reasons for your account suspension will be stated in the email notification confirming your account ban. When you contact Paxful support, make sure your message is clear and detailed. If need be, provide pictures and any other files necessary to prove your account was wrongly deleted.
What Happens When Paxful Bans Your Account?
Paxful ban or suspension is Paxful’s way of getting rid of the people who are breaking their rules. When Paxful bans you, they BAN you. You lose everything that has to do with the platform.
You won’t be able to sign in or access your account any longer. Usually, Paxful suspension is Paxful’s decision to prevent you from using the services again due to your behavior. So, if you go against the rules of Paxful, you’re gone from the platform.
Reactivating a suspended Paxful account shouldn’t be an issue if the ban was placed due to a misconception or by mistake. However, if it is deserved, you may never be able to unban the account.
If your account was justifiably banned, then you may not have a case. Paxful will not enable an account that deliberately violated its terms and conditions of service.
Paxful Account Ban Appeal
The immediate answer for how to unban Paxful account is to make a polite appeal to the Paxful support system. All you have to do is contact the service and ask for the unbanning process, which will reveal why the account is banned.
Make a simple appeal to the service; that will get your Paxful account unbanned. You want to send them your screenshot of the ban.
If it is something quite big that you did, you won’t get a chance, you can also contact Paxful to unban your account.
How to Contact Paxful About Suspended Account
Paxful clearly states that any user that consistently violates their community guidelines will be banned. If your account has been suspended, you will receive a banner notification when you next open the app, informing you of this status.
Meanwhile, If you believe your account was banned incorrectly, let Paxful know by submitting an appeal, and you’ll get unbanned.
To submit an appeal:
1. Open the notification.
2. Select the ban “Appeal” option.
3. Enter your username and email address.
4. Type in your appeal in the description field.
3. Follow the instructions provided and then click on “Submit”.
After submitting the appeal, you can expect an answer back within a few hours to a few days. I’d recommend you wait around 3-4 days. If you get no answer within these 3-4 days you can write to them once more to let them know you’re waiting for their answer. Remember to keep being polite.
Does Paxful Ban Device?
Paxful does ban your email/phone number and device. Even if that device is new, Paxful can still ban it along with your other information.
Paxful takes cognizance of your device ID, they ban your device too e.g. phone. Besides getting a new email address, you need to either factory reset your device, get a new unique device ID, or get an entirely new phone/device.
Your device ID represents your device. It’s made of unique numbers and letters that identify your device as unique.
Since Paxful bans you for a solid reason, it’s going to be difficult to bypass Paxful’s suspension of your email/phone number or device. Your ID is banned when your account is suspended and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
How to Unban Device from Paxful
1. If you don’t have the technical skills, and can’t afford to change your device, then try using Paxful on the web, with a new phone number.
2. Paxful suspends your account when you open it with a new email or number when it has been used before. Also, Paxful can recognize your device, especially if something wrong was done on Paxful through that device. Using a used device could mean:
- You’re using a friend’s or a family member’s email, device, or number.
- You’ve got a disposable email or phone number.
- Your phone number was previously used by someone else to open your Paxful account.
3. You need a new Device ID as giving the same information that you gave in your previous will get you restricted again.
4. Use Paxful responsibly, and avoid bot-like behavior.
Paxful bans your device as well, that’s why this step is essential for anyone trying to get back to Paxful after being banned.
How Long Does It Take Paxful to Uban an Account
Paxful can take minutes to days to review your appeal, depending on your history with the app/website.
If you’ve just registered on Paxful, then the review will only take a couple of minutes to put your profile together and confirm your profile isn’t fake.
When you got banned on Paxful and now you’re trying to get back in, then Paxful might take a few days as well to review your new account.
How to Make a New Paxful Account Without Getting Blocked
Many people enjoy the services of Paxful and can’t possibly think of going somewhere else than Paxful.
When such a person gets banned and tries to reactivate that account but to no avail, then the next option will be to open a new account.
However, you can’t just go ahead and reopen a new Paxful account. There are steps to take in order to avoid repeated bans.
Method #1. Uninstall Paxful
Whatever device you’ve been using Paxful on, delete and uninstall the app from it. That is to delete the cache from your device.
You can’t recover your restricted account and everything will be gone if Paxful still recognizes your invalid activities. It’s one of the reasons why you want to uninstall it and start over.
Method #2. Contact Paxful Support
You can contact support telling them you want to open another account; promising to be a good member this time.
It may be very difficult to get a good response from support. They most times feel reluctant to help people reopen suspended accounts or give them permission to open a new account. That’s why you may have to act on your own by contacting them.
Method #3. Change Your Device, Its ID or IP Address
If you used Paxful on your phone, you don’t necessarily have to get a new device. You can use it on your computer. it’s safer to open a new Paxful account using a completely new device since Paxful cookies have a very long expiration date.
Meanwhile, if you don’t have access to another device and want to use the same device with which your previous account was banned, then you have to follow these steps:
1. Delete browser cookies, cache, and Paxful data: Paxful cookies don’t expire quickly, so you have to clear the cookies, browser cache, and other Paxful data stored on your computer.
2. A Factory Reset on your current device (works for Android only).
3. A Device Changer on your current rooted device (works for Android only).
4. iPhone jailbreak (works for iPhone only).
5. Changing advertising ID – An advertising ID is a unique line of numbers that are used by advertisers to identify you as a user.
- iOS: Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Reset advertising identifier.
- Android: Settings > Google > Ads > Reset advertising ID.
6. Paxful can recognize your IP address too only when signing up – Getting a VPN to avoid a ban is not necessary but it’s good to have. Get a VPN app, enable your new VPN and check if your IP has been changed.
7. Do not verify your account using the same old email or phone number:
It’d be more helpful for you to use an entirely different device be it another phone, tablet, or laptop, and If you don’t want to use a new device, then you need to change your device ID. You can get a new phone number to verify your new account if you don’t want to get suspended again.
Method 4#. Use a New Email Address
You don’t want to connect the same email you connected to your banned account with your new account. Paxful will know that it’s you and ban you again.
This also means that if you try to make a new Paxful account, and got banned before even opening the account, a disposable email address or phone number could be the cause.
You can’t link your new Paxful account to the same email as you did with your restricted account either. Open a new email if you’re trying to get back on Paxful through email as well.
The previous user of that email or number could’ve got banned, and now the next user (you) is in pain because of bad luck. That’s because Paxful remembers and recognizes your ID including your device information, especially if you violated their rules.
Using the same email or phone number with which your previous account was verified to verify your new account is like shooting yourself in the legs.
Method #5. Use a New Google Play Account/Apple ID
Since your Google account/Apple ID collects the data, using the same google account/Apple ID to download the app again can give enough clues to Paxful to know who you are.
Paxful doesn’t ban your Google account or Apple ID, however, it bans your device. This means you need a new device if you’re trying to get back after getting restricted.
Do not make the same mistakes that got you suspended. A new Paxful account is an opportunity to start afresh; but if you go on and repeat the same mistakes that got your previous account blocked, then your new account will end up getting banned too.
So, you kind of know what you’ve done wrong, make sure you don’t repeat that after creating your new Paxful account.
Also read: How to Check or Delete Transaction History on Paxful
Paxful Banned for No Reason
If your Paxful account has been blocked for no reason, you can recover/reactivate it.
If you believe it was blocked by mistake you can use the guidelines on the website at any time to appeal the ban. Send a message to Paxful with your registered email address and they will take review your appeal and unban your account.
How to Report a Problem to Paxful
You can also contact Paxful to report any problem you have with your account or suspicious activities on your account. You just need to visit the site.
To report a problem:
1. Click Profile in the bottom right.
2. Then click on the 3-line icon in the top right.
3. Select “Settings and Privacy”.
4. Click Report a problem and select a topic.
5. Follow the steps in the app to submit the problem.
6. If the recommended steps do not solve your problem you can select No to the question “Is your problem resolved?” and click Still have a problem so that you can contact Paxful with further details about your problem.
That’s pretty much everything about how to unban Paxful or make a new account.
I hope this article helped you?