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September 14, 2026
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Adobe Stock account deactivated — appeal pending for over one month

  • September 14, 2026
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My Adobe Stock Contributor account was deactivated for “suspicious activity.” I’ve been a contributor for nearly 7 years, with a portfolio of my own original photography and video.

I submitted an appeal on August 10 through Adobe’s appeal form:
Adobe Stock Appeal Form
https://survey.adobe.com/jfe/form/SV_74fM1z4DvUPyPlk?utm_source=chatgpt.com


I also emailed contributor-support@adobe.com twice to chase, but have not received a response yet.

It has now been over one month. Should I submit the appeal form again, or just continue waiting for the original appeal to be reviewed?

Any recent experience or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2026

    Unfortunately, there have been a number of deactivations lately and investigations can take weeks or even months to complete. You’ve submitted an appeal and you have done all that you can do other than continue waiting. Follow-up efforts to contact Adobe can potentially result in creating new case numbers and cause further delays.

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    Participant
    September 14, 2026

    Thank you! It's very frustrating. My Adobe Stock account performed much better while my Pond5 and Shutterstoc seemed to be dead with zero sales in recent years. I was very excited with the increase sales in Adobe Stock this year. But it was supposed to be the reason for deactivation? If so, it doesn't make any sense to me and to all hard working contributors!