The “ban” feature lets you prevent another member from interacting with you or your content on CodePen. Any CodePen user can ban any other CodePen user.

When You Ban a CodePen Member, Their Account:

  • Cannot follow your account
  • Cannot view your profile page
  • Cannot access the Editor View, Details View, Full View, Collab Mode (PRO), Presentation Mode (PRO), or Professor Mode (PRO) of your Pens
  • Cannot view any of your Collections
  • Cannot comment on any of your content
  • Cannot heart any of your content
  • Cannot invite your account to join a Team
  • Cannot invite you as a Collaborator on a Pen

Additionally, their existing comments and “loves” on your content are removed. Comments and loves from a banned member are not restored if the account is unbanned later.

CodePen does not send a notification of the ban to the banned member. But, if they visit your profile page or content they will see a note that they are banned from viewing the content.

How to Ban a CodePen Member

  1. Visit the profile page of the member you want to ban.
  2. Click the three-dot menu on their profile (next to the “Follow” button) and select “Ban (Username)” from the options.
  3. Confirm the ban on the confirmation screen.
  4. A banner confirming your ban will appear on the banned member’s profile.

You can also opt to report the member from this menu.

What Does a Banned Member See?

A banned member will see a message stating that they are banned from viewing content that is owned by someone who banned them.

A member you have banned may still see thumbnail previews of your content in the homepage Picked feed or in search results. However, they will not be able to view the full content or interact with the content.

Limitations of Banning

Banning works by preventing a specific account from interacting with another account’s content. A logged out visitor can view your profile page and your content, but cannot interact with it. Please keep this in mind when posting any public content to CodePen.

Banning Someone That Follows You

If you ban an account that follows your account, their account will automatically unfollow yours. If you were following them, your account will automatically unfollow their account. If you later decide to unban the account, the following relationship is not automatically restored. But, either account can re-follow the other.

Your Ban List

You can view your list of banned members in your account settings.

Unbanning a Member

You can unban a member from your Ban List. Click the “Unban User” button next to their name to unban that account.

You can also unban a member from their profile page. Click the three-dot menu on their profile page and select the “Unban (Username)” option from the menu.

Inappropriate Behavior

If you’re banning a user for really inappropriate behavior that breaks out Terms of Service, contact us and we’ll take a look at the account.