About reporting abuse or spam
Reporting a user
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Visit the user's profile page. -
In the left sidebar, below the user's profile information, click Block or Report . -
Click Report abuse . -
Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the user's behavior, then click Send request .
Reporting an issue or pull request
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Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report. -
In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click , then click Report content . -
You may see options to Report to repository admins or Report abuse to GitHub Support . If not, skip to the next step. -
To report the content to GitHub Support, click Report abuse to GitHub Support . -
To report the content to repository maintainers, use the Choose a reason dropdown to select a reason, then click Report to repository admins . Your report has been submitted.
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Complete the "Report content" form, then click Send request .
Reporting a discussion
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Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report. -
In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click , then click Report content . -
Select an email address and a category, then click Send request .
Reporting a comment
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Navigate to the comment you'd like to report. -
In the upper-right corner of the comment, click , then click Report content . -
You may see options to Report to repository admins or Report abuse to GitHub Support . If not, skip to the next step. -
To report the content to GitHub Support, click Report abuse to GitHub Support . -
To report the content to repository maintainers, use the Choose a reason dropdown to select a reason, then click Report to repository admins . Your report has been submitted.
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Complete the "Report content" form, then click Send request .
Reporting an app in GitHub Marketplace
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To open GitHub Marketplace, in the top-left corner of GitHub.com, select , then click 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 GitHub Support about the app's behavior, then click Send request .
Reporting contact link abuse in the template chooser
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Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report. -
Under the repository name, click Issues . -
In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click Report abuse . -
Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the contact link's behavior, then click Send request .
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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 us through the GitHub Support portal to report abuse or report content. -
Users in India can contact GitHub's Grievance Officer for India through support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer .