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reporting-abuse-or-spam.md
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---
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 %}
1. Click **Report abuse**.
1. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the user's behavior, then click **Send request**.
## Reporting an issue or pull request
1. Navigate to the issue or pull request you'd like to report.
1. 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
1. Navigate to the discussion you'd like to report.
1. In the upper-right corner of the discussion, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Discussion options" %}, then click **Report content**.
1. Select an email address and a category, then click **Send request**.
## Reporting a comment
1. Navigate to the comment you'd like to report.
1. 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 %}
1. Browse to the app you'd like to report.
1. In the left sidebar, under the "Developer links" section, click **Report abuse**.
1. 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
1. Navigate to the repository that contains the contact link you'd like to report.
1. Under the repository name, click {% octicon "issue-opened" aria-hidden="true" %} **Issues**.
1. In the lower-right corner of the template chooser, click **Report abuse**.
1. Complete the contact form to tell {% data variables.contact.github_support %} about the contact link's behavior, then click **Send request**.
{% note %}
**Notes:**
- 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](https://support.github.com/contact/india-grievance-officer).
{% endnote %}
## Further reading
- "[AUTOTITLE](/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions)"
- "[AUTOTITLE](/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests)"
- "[AUTOTITLE](/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/managing-disruptive-comments)"{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
- "[AUTOTITLE](/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/limiting-interactions-in-your-repository)"{% endif %}
- "[AUTOTITLE](/communities/moderating-comments-and-conversations/tracking-changes-in-a-comment)"