{"meta":{"title":"Reporting abuse or spam","intro":"You can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and terms.","product":"Building communities","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/communities","title":"Building communities"},{"href":"/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github","title":"Maintaining safety"},{"href":"/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/reporting-abuse-or-spam","title":"Reporting abuse or spam"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Reporting abuse or spam\n\nYou can report behavior and content that violates community guidelines and terms.\n\n## About reporting abuse or spam\n\nGitHub provides a baseline code of conduct for everyone who uses GitHub. For more information, see [GitHub Terms of Service](/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service) and [GitHub Community Guidelines](/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-community-guidelines).\n\nYou can report users that have violated GitHub's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. You can also report issues, pull requests, or comments on issues, pull requests, and commits.\n\nIf reported content is enabled for a public repository, you can also report content directly to repository maintainers.\n\nWhile we encourage using the in-product reporting tools detailed below, you can also report abuse directly through our [contact form](https://support.github.com/contact/report-abuse?category=report-abuse\\&report=other\\&report_type=unspecified).\n\n## Reporting a user\n\n1. Visit the user's profile page.\n2. In the left sidebar, below the user's profile information, click **Block or Report**.\n\n \n3. Click **Report abuse**.\n4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the user's behavior, then click **Submit**.\n\n## Reporting an organization\n\n1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the organization.\n2. In the right sidebar, under the \"Top languages\" section, click **Report abuse**.\n3. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the organization's behavior, then click **Submit**.\n\n## Reporting a repository\n\n1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.\n2. In the right sidebar, under the \"About\" section, click **Report repository**.\n3. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the repository's behavior, then click **Submit**.\n\n## Reporting an issue or pull request\n\n1. Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.\n2. In the upper-right corner of the issue or pull request, click , then click **Report content**.\n\n \n3. You may see options to **Report to repository admins** or **Report abuse to GitHub Support**. If not, skip to the next step.\n * To report the content to GitHub Support, click **Report abuse to GitHub Support**.\n * 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.\n4. Complete the \"Report content\" form, then click **Send request**.\n\n## Reporting a discussion\n\n1. Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report.\n\n2. In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click , then click **Report content**.\n\n \n\n3. Select an email address and a category, then click **Send request**.\n\n## Reporting a comment\n\n1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.\n2. In the upper-right corner of the comment, click , then click **Report content**.\n\n \n3. You may see options to **Report to repository admins** or **Report abuse to GitHub Support**. If not, skip to the next step.\n * To report the content to GitHub Support, click **Report abuse to GitHub Support**.\n * 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.\n4. Complete the \"Report content\" form, then click **Send request**.\n\n## Reporting an app in GitHub Marketplace\n\n1. To open GitHub Marketplace, in the top-left corner of GitHub, select , then click ** Marketplace**.\n\n \n2. Browse to the app you'd like to report.\n3. In the left sidebar, under the \"Developer links\" section, click **Report abuse**.\n\n \n4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the app's behavior, then click **Send request**.\n\n## Reporting contact link abuse in the template chooser\n\n1. Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report.\n2. Under the repository name, click ** Issues**.\n3. In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click **Report abuse**.\n4. Complete the contact form to tell GitHub Support about the contact link's behavior, then click **Send request**.\n\n> \\[!NOTE]\n>\n> * Users in India can contact GitHub's Grievance Officer for India through [support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer](https://support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer).\n\n## Further reading\n\n* [Setting up your project for healthy contributions](/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions)\n* [Using templates to encourage useful issues and pull requests](/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests)\n* [Managing disruptive comments](/en/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/managing-disruptive-comments)\n* [Limiting interactions in your repository](/en/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/limiting-interactions-in-your-repository)\n* [Tracking changes in a comment](/en/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/tracking-changes-in-a-comment)"}