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luizabola
Participant
April 9, 2026
Question

My Behance profile received a shadow ban due to alleged suspicious activity, but I did not use any third-party promotion. I would like clarification and a timeline for resolution.

  • April 9, 2026
  • 4 replies
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About a month ago, I received an email from Adobe informing me that my Behance account visibility had been limited due to “suspicious” activity on one of my projects, which was receiving a high number of likes. As a result, my work stopped appearing in Behance’s Explore, Discover, and Search sections.

Since then, I have contacted Behance Help and Adobe support multiple times but have not received a clear explanation of why this measure was applied or how long it will remain in place. I would like to clarify that I did not use any third-party services, paid promotion, or artificial methods to increase engagement. The project was only shared on my own social media channels (Instagram and LinkedIn), and the engagement occurred organically.

I understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of the platform, but I am currently facing consequences for activity that I did not initiate or influence. I have also spoken with other designers who experienced a similar situation and had their accounts restored after a few weeks, which makes the lack of communication about my case even more concerning.

As a paying subscriber to both Adobe and Behance Pro, I would greatly appreciate a clear explanation of why this limitation was applied and when my account visibility is expected to be restored.

Thank you for your attention.

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    4 replies

    BeltDev
    Participant
    April 9, 2026

    It's unfortunate that Behance treats paying users with such disregard, especially since many of us depend on the platform for our income. I hope this issue gets resolved soon. It's not fair for users to be penalized due to the platform's own security issues and flaws in its detection algorithms

    alisonfedel
    Participant
    April 9, 2026

    It’s honestly absurd. I know your work and I know exactly what you’re going through. Behance’s lack of support is ridiculous—there’s no human touch, and it feels like there’s a bot handing out shadowbans for no reason. I went months without receiving a single inquiry for no explainable reason, until I had to get aggressive with their support team to finally get things back to normal.

    Participant
    April 9, 2026

    The Behance Team needs to pay more attention to the PRO members and this shadow ban question. It’s really sad, we’re only trying to do our job and connect with potential clients. It’s very important to keep the profile visible.

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 9, 2026

    for behance questions use https://help.behance.net/hc/en-us

    luizabola
    luizabolaAuthor
    Participant
    April 9, 2026

    I've used many times. They simply aren't answering me :) 

    alisonfedel
    Participant
    April 9, 2026

    It’s useless; their customer service is terrible, just canned or automated responses. It’s a total lack of commitment and respect toward the users and the clients who pay for Behance PRO. That’s why so many people are migrating to Dribbble.