Roblox Ban Appeal: How Account Bans, Alt Detection and Appeals Work in 2026

On November 3, 2026, Roblox posted what players had asked for for years: a plain explanation of how account bans work. The Developer Forum post by Roblox staff covers when accounts get banned, how the platform decides two accounts belong to the same person, and how a Roblox ban appeal works. Six days later, Roblox announced Ban Lists, letting a creator ban a player from all of their games at once, launching January 29, 2027. This guide puts both announcements together.

What Roblox Actually Bans Accounts For

Roblox's own words, from the November 3 announcement, are the starting point: "We issue ban accounts for severe or repeated violations of our Community Standards, not for everyday mistakes." The point is that bans are not meant for everyday mistakes. Bans are for two things: severe violations, and repeated ones after warnings.

Severe violations are the ones that put other users at risk — Roblox names child endangerment, real-world harm and hate speech — and a severe violation can be enough for a ban by itself. The other route is repetition: smaller rule-breaking that keeps happening after Roblox has warned the account. Ignoring warnings again and again can add up to a ban even though no single incident was severe. That distinction matters when you read a ban notice: if it names a severe violation, ask in your appeal whether the violation actually happened or something was misread; if it ends a chain of warnings, address the pattern, not just the last incident.

How Alt Detection Works — and What It Does Not Do

The most feared part of a ban is not the banned account — it is the alt: the second account, the sibling's account, the one on the same home Wi-Fi. When an account is banned for a severe violation, Roblox looks at other accounts it has reason to believe belong to the same person, "using a combination of device, behavior, and identity signals." No single signal decides it, and automated systems and human reviewers check together. On the shared network, Roblox answered directly: "Sharing an IP address or Wi-Fi network does not trigger action on its own." The same applies to a VPN — if your sibling gets banned, your account should not go down just because you share a home network.

But the same announcement carries a nuance the headline misses. Asked "Can I be banned because of a sibling, cousin, or an old shared email?", Roblox says: "Yes, it's possible. If we detect repeated abuse coming from a household or shared setup, such as a shared IP, shared devices, emails, etc our systems may take action on all the accounts connected to it." So a shared IP alone is never the reason — but if the same household keeps producing abuse, the systems can act on every account connected to it.

The Username-Scan Bans, and What Roblox Is Fixing

Part of the reason Roblox posted the explainer is a username scan — an automated check of old usernames against the rules — that triggered bans on accounts whose old usernames broke the rules, including accounts where the owner had not used that name in years. Players called the bans wrong, but Roblox's November 5 update says they were not errors: the old usernames themselves broke the rules. Roblox still paused the scan while it improves the process.

Roblox says it has paused the username scan while it makes improvements — it "remains paused" as of the November 5 update. Old usernames that break the rules will be reset instead of banning the account, and Roblox says ban notices will soon show the reset name. If you were caught by this scan, that is the point to make in an appeal: the scan is paused and the remedy Roblox itself describes is a reset, not a ban.

Two other fixes came with it: clearer ban notices, so a notice explains what happened; and fairer Marketplace rules, where a first-time mistake in an item description is treated differently from repeated violations. Roblox also plans to make more takedown types eligible for appeal, without naming which ones or when.

How to File a Roblox Ban Appeal

If your account is banned, appeal through the Violations & Appeals portal at roblox.com/report-appeals, which lists your past violations and lets you manage appeals. If the action is not listed there, the fallback is Roblox Support. Do not appeal through a game creator, a Discord server, or a "support" account that messages you first — none of those can act on an account ban.

The rules of the appeal, as Roblox states them:

• You generally have 30 days after a ban to appeal, though some regions offer longer windows. Your notice shows the deadline — check it first and do not wait.
• You can appeal up to two times. Use the first appeal well — write it as if it counts; you only get one more after it.
• Only the account holder can appeal. Roblox says it can only discuss a case with the account holder, so a friend or family member cannot appeal for you — and for the old-username bans, only the banned account can appeal.
• An appeal does not guarantee a reversal. It is a review, not a refund.
• In some regions, appealing an alt-account ban may require ID verification. If the portal asks for it, that is part of the process — but only ever complete it inside Roblox's own portal, never through a link someone sent you.

What to write: keep it short, factual and specific. State what happened, say which rule was misapplied and why, and attach anything supporting it — for a username-scan ban, that the ban came from an old username and the scan is paused; for a shared-household case, that the accounts are different people. Do not write a long essay or copy an appeal template from a video. If the first appeal is rejected, the second should add something new: a detail, a correction, or evidence the first one did not include.

While you wait, do not try to get around the ban. Making a new account to keep playing is ban evasion, and it is exactly what the alt-detection system is built to catch — it can turn one banned account into several. The same goes for "unban" services that promise to lift a ban for Robux or money: Roblox has no official unban service — anyone selling one is running a scam. Our account safety guide covers the protections that matter while a case is open.

If Your Game Was Moderated: the New Issues & Appeals Page

The November 3 announcement also launched a new Game Issues & Appeals page on the Creator Hub, at Creations > [Game] > Safety > Issues and appeals. The practical change: collaborators with edit permissions can now see a game's violations and file appeals, not just the owner — so the person who actually knows what changed in the game can handle the appeal.

For games available in Roblox Select, there is a second change that matters more than the page itself: lower-severity violations now come with a 72-hour window to fix the issue before any restriction kicks in, instead of an immediate penalty. Once the fix is in, you report back through the Appeals portal so Roblox can confirm it. That window only applies to lower-severity issues in Select games — a severe violation does not get 72 hours — but for a game flagged for something fixable, it turns a sudden restriction into a deadline you can meet. If your game reaches younger players, read our Roblox Kids vs Select guide for how the account tiers work, and the new publishing flow guide for how games reach those audiences.

Ban Lists Are Coming on January 29, 2027

The second announcement, on November 9, 2026, is about a different kind of ban: the ones creators issue, not the ones Roblox issues. From January 29, 2027, as announced, creators can keep Ban Lists — lists of banned players linked to more than one game, so one entry blocks a player from every game on the list. Until now a ban covered one game at a time; a creator who wanted a player out of several games had to ban them in each one, or use an outside tool — a practice Roblox says is often against its policy.

For players, the change is visible in three places: a new Rules tab on each game, listing the game's rules and those of every ban list linked to it; a ban message on the game's page with the reason the creator gave — Roblox says naming the broken rule is the creator's job; and an appeal button on the game's page, opening a ticket for the game's creator. If the game uses a list owned by someone else, the game's creator sees the appeal first and can pass it on to the list's owner. There is no exception game by game: a player on a linked list is blocked from every game that uses it.

For creators, the lists live in the Creator Dashboard, where you choose who a list is shared with and handle its appeals. Bans are added through the BanAsync function, which gains a new optional BanListIds parameter, so one call can add a player to several lists. Existing bans can be imported directly on Creator Hub, and lists can also be made from the game's page, not only by script. Creators running an outside list today can migrate it through Open Cloud with each player's User ID plus, optionally, game, reason and date.

Roblox recommends your own list, or a friend's, over a public one — a public list hands control over who can play your game to someone else. A player hit by an unfair or targeted ban can appeal it from the game's page. The announcement covers bans issued by games and their creators, not Roblox's own moderation. Details may change before the January launch.

Frequently Asked Questions

I was banned for no reason. What do I do?

First, read the notice: it states which rule was broken and your appeal deadline. Then open the Violations & Appeals portal at roblox.com/report-appeals and check the action is listed there. If the ban came from the paused username scan — an old username you no longer use — say so in the appeal, because Roblox itself describes the remedy as a reset, not a ban. Roblox's November 5 update says these bans were not errors, so frame the appeal around the reset. If the notice names a severe violation you did not commit, state plainly what actually happened. Only the account holder can appeal, and you get up to two appeals.

Can I be banned because my sibling was banned?

Sharing Wi-Fi or an IP address alone is not a reason for Roblox to act on your account — Roblox says so directly. But if the same household keeps producing repeated abuse, using the same devices, emails and behaviour, Roblox says its systems may act on all the accounts connected to that setup. One sibling's ban should not touch you; a household that keeps breaking the rules can.

How long do I have to appeal a Roblox ban?

Appeals are generally open for 30 days after a ban, though some regions offer longer windows. Your ban notice shows your deadline. Only the account holder can appeal, and you can appeal up to two times.

Can someone else appeal for me?

No. Roblox says it can only discuss a case with the account holder. A friend, a family member, or a creator cannot appeal on your behalf, and anyone offering to do it for money is scamming you.

Will making a new account get around a ban?

No — that is ban evasion, and it is what the alt-detection system is built to catch. Roblox looks for linked accounts using device, behaviour and identity signals when an account is banned for a severe violation. Evading a ban can get the new account banned too.

What is the difference between an account ban and a game ban?

An account ban is issued by Roblox under its Community Standards and locks you out of the platform; you appeal it to Roblox through the Violations & Appeals portal. A game ban is issued by a game's creator and blocks you from that game only — from January 29, 2027, a creator's Ban List can block you from all of their games at once, and you appeal that from the game's page to the creator.

What is a Ban List?

A Ban List is a list of banned players a creator links to one or more of their games. Every player on a linked list is blocked from joining those games. Creators manage lists in the Creator Dashboard, can share them with other creators or publicly, and players can appeal from the game's page. Ban Lists launch on January 29, 2027.

Related Guides on RBXMods

• How to keep your Roblox account safe — two-step verification, passkeys, and the protections that matter while a case is open.
• How to verify your age on Roblox — the age check that some alt-ban appeals may require for ID verification.
• Roblox chat not working? Why you can't chat and how to fix it — the age-check and parental-control rules that cause most chat lockouts.
• Roblox Kids vs Select accounts explained — the account tiers behind the 72-hour fix window for Select games.
• How to publish your Roblox game in 2026 — the new audience flow, early testers, and what reaching younger players requires.

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Sources

• Roblox Developer Forum: Update on Account Bans, Alt Detection, and Appeals — the November 3, 2026 announcement (updated November 5) by Roblox staff: bans for severe or repeated violations only, alt detection on device, behaviour and identity signals, shared IP/Wi-Fi not a trigger on its own, the paused username scan, the 72-hour Select fix window, the new Game Issues & Appeals page, the 30-day appeal window and two appeals. (Verified loading 2026-11-13.)
• Roblox Developer Forum: Cross-Game Player Moderation Improvements — the November 9, 2026 announcement by Roblox staff: Ban Lists launching January 29, 2027, the Rules tab, appeals from the game's page, the BanAsync BanListIds parameter, and Open Cloud import. (Verified loading 2026-11-13.)
• Roblox: Violations & Appeals — the official portal for viewing past violations and managing appeals. (Verified loading 2026-11-13.)
• Roblox Creator Docs: Roblox Kids and Select — the official publishing-eligibility page: the 72-hour fix window applies to games available in Roblox Select. (Verified loading 2026-11-13.)