title: Reporting abuse or spam
intro: >-
You can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and
terms.
permissions: >-
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 %}.
redirect_from:
- /articles/reporting-abuse-or-spam
- /github/building-a-strong-community/reporting-abuse-or-spam
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghec: '*'
topics:
- Community
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 %}
- Click Report abuse.
- 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 %}
- In the right sidebar, under the "Top languages" section, click Report abuse.
- 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 %}
- In the right sidebar, under the "About" section, click Report repository.
- 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
Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.
In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Show options" %}, then click Report content.
{% data reusables.community.report-content %}
Reporting a discussion
Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report.
In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Discussion options" %}, then click Report content.
Select an email address and a category, then click Send request.
Reporting a comment
Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.
In the upper-right corner of the comment, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Show options" %}, then click Report content.
{% data reusables.community.report-content %}
Reporting an app in {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}
{% data reusables.marketplace.visit-marketplace %}
Browse to the app you'd like to report.
In the left sidebar, under the "Developer links" section, click Report abuse.
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
- Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report.
- Under the repository name, click {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-hidden="true" aria-label="issue-opened" %} Issues.
- In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click Report abuse.
- Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the contact link's behavior, then click Send request.
- 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.