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Maintaining your safety on GitHub

To build a positive and safe environment for yourself and the community for your project on GitHub, you can block and unblock users and report disruptive content.

Blocking a user from your personal account

You can block a user to deny them access to your activity and repositories, and to prevent them from sending you notifications.

Viewing users you've blocked from your personal account

You can find and review users you've blocked from your personal account, including private notes about why you blocked them.

Unblocking a user from your personal account

If you've mended fences with a GitHub user you've blocked, you can unblock their account.

Blocking a user from your organization

Organization owners and moderators can block anyone who is not a member of the organization from collaborating on the organization's repositories.

Viewing users who are blocked from your organization

You can find and review users who are blocked from your organization, including details about why, when, and by whom.

Unblocking a user from your organization

Organization owners and moderators can unblock a user who was previously blocked, restoring their access to the organization's repositories.

Reporting abuse or spam

You can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and terms.