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Reporting abuse or spam
You can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and terms.
Owners, collaborators, prior contributors, and people with write access can report issues, pull requests, discussions, and comments on issues, pull requests, discussions, and commits. Anyone can report apps in {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}.
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About reporting abuse or spam

{% data reusables.policies.github-community-guidelines-and-terms %}

You can report users that have violated {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}'s Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. You can also report issues, pull requests, or comments on issues, pull requests, and commits.

If reported content is enabled for a public repository, you can also report content directly to repository maintainers.

Reporting a user

{% data reusables.profile.user_profile_page_navigation %} {% data reusables.profile.user_profile_page_block_or_report %}

  1. Click Report abuse.
  2. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the user's behavior, then click Submit.

Reporting an organization

{% data reusables.organizations.navigate-to-org %}

  1. In the right sidebar, under the "Top languages" section, click Report abuse.
  2. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the organization's behavior, then click Submit.

Reporting a repository

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}

  1. In the right sidebar, under the "About" section, click Report repository.
  2. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the repository's behavior, then click Submit.

Reporting an issue or pull request

  1. Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Show options" %}, then click Report content.

    Screenshot of an issue description. In the header, a kebab icon is outlined in dark orange. {% data reusables.community.report-content %}

Reporting a discussion

  1. Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Discussion options" %}, then click Report content.

    Screenshot of a discussion. The option to report content in the kebab menu is outlined with dark orange.

  3. Select an email address and a category, then click Send request.

Reporting a comment

  1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the comment, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Show options" %}, then click Report content.

    Screenshot of a comment. In the header, a kebab icon is outlined in dark orange. {% data reusables.community.report-content %}

Reporting an app in {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}

{% data reusables.marketplace.visit-marketplace %}

  1. Browse to the app you'd like to report.

  2. In the left sidebar, under the "Developer links" section, click Report abuse.

    Screenshot of the sidebar of a {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %} app. A link, labeled "Report abuse", is outlined in dark orange.

  3. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the app's behavior, then click Send request.

Reporting contact link abuse in the template chooser

  1. Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report.
  2. Under the repository name, click {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-hidden="true" %} Issues.
  3. In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click Report abuse.
  4. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the contact link's behavior, then click Send request.

Note

  • In order to get accurate information about the abuse, the abuse report form will direct you to use the in-product abuse report links. If an in-product link is not available, contact {% data variables.contact.contact_support %} to report abuse or report content.
  • Users in India can contact {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}'s Grievance Officer for India through support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer.

Further reading