What can get you banned on OnlyFans?

Getting banned from OnlyFans is every Creator's worst nightmare. Not only does it mean losing your income, but it cuts you off from the community you've built.

Understanding what can get you in trouble is the best way to protect yourself and your livelihood.

Knowing what violates OnlyFans' Terms of Service and Community Guidelines is key.

In this article, we’ll explain everything that can put your account at risk and what to do instead.

How do OnlyFans bans work?

OnlyFans takes its rules very seriously. AI bots closely monitor all of your photos, videos, captions, and even private conversations. 

Penalties range from simple warnings to permanent bans and the deletion of your profile. If you slip up and use a restricted word anywhere on the platform, expect to be flagged within 24 hours.

The punishment depends on a variety of factors, like how the word was used and how intensely it violates the rules.

It might be useful to hear other Creators share their stories of being penalized on Onlyfans—not to scare you but to help you better understand what to avoid. 

Here are two examples to get you started:

Terms of service violations

The OnlyFans Terms of Service are essentially your legal contract with OnlyFans. Break these rules, and you're likely to get banned. 

Here are the major red flags:

• Copyright infringement: Don't post anything you don't own the rights to. This means you can’t use other Creators' work or unlicensed music. Instead, build your brand by creating your own original content. 

• Illegal content: OnlyFans has zero tolerance for anything illegal. This includes—most importantly—content depicting minors in a sexual context.

• Non-consensual content: Posting private or sexually explicit content of others without their permission (often called "revenge porn") is illegal and harmful and will get you banned immediately. It's not just about staying on the right side of the rules, it's about respecting privacy. Ensure everyone's onboard with your content before uploading it and be sure to submit release forms when necessary.

• Spam and fraudulent activity: Scamming your fans, impersonating others, and flooding the platform with junk messages are all no-gos. Transparent transactions and genuine interactions are your best bet for building a community that sticks.

Violations of community standards

OnlyFans wants to be a welcoming space. These community rules help keep it that way:

• Hate speech and discrimination: Any content promoting hatred or discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or other protected status is absolutely forbidden

• Harassment and bullying: Abusive behavior of any kind won't be tolerated. Treat others with respect, even if you disagree with them.

• Threats of violence: Threatening language or content suggesting violence will get you banned. Play nice, folks!

• Impersonation: Pretending to be someone else will get your account shut down. 
  
  

Restricted content

OnlyFans draws a few clear lines when it comes to content. Let's break down some of the more common areas where Creators run into issues:

• Sharing personal information: Posting personal details like your email address, phone number, or home address can cause your account to be flagged. Similarly, you can’t mention or direct fans to dating apps like Tinder, Grindr, or Hinge. 

• Specific sexual acts: While OnlyFans allows explicit content, specific acts may be restricted due to changing guidelines. For example, showing sexual stimulation with everyday objects like fruits, vegetables, bottles, utensils, and toothbrushes is forbidden. Always double-check what's currently allowed.

• Bodily fluids: Content with a primary focus on bodily fluids (scat, bloodplay, etc.) is usually off-limits. For example, Creator Lana Michaels was permanently banned from the platform for posting breastfeeding content. Since content featuring urine is banned, it’s important to be careful when filming squirting content to be sure that there’s sexual stimulation taking place. 

• Animal cruelty: Any content suggestive of animal abuse will get you banned and may have additional legal consequences.

• Drugs and alcohol: Featuring or mentioning drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes on your OnlyFans page can get you in trouble. 

Restricted language on OnlyFans

Using restricted words can have real consequences for your account. Even your private messages can trigger a ban if they contain certain red-flag words and phrases.

Most of them are pretty self-explanatory but you might be surprised by some words in the list.

Let's dig deeper into exactly what words and phrases can get you in trouble.

• abduct, abducted, abducting, abduction

• admireme

• animal

• asphyxia, asphyxiate, asphyxiation, asphyxicate, asphyxication

• bait

• ballbusting 

• bareback

• bestiality

• blacked

• blackmail

• bleeding, blood, bloodplay

• bukkake

• caned, caning

• cannibal

• Cashapp

• cbt

• cervics, cerviks, cervix

• child

• chloroform, chloroformed, chloroforming

• choke, choking

• coma, comatose

• consent

• cp

• cycle

• diapers

• dog 

• doze

• drinking, drunk, drunken

• eleven

• enema 

• entrance

• escort, escorting

• fancentro, fanfuck

• farm

• fecal

• fetal, fisted, fisting

• flogging

• foetal

• forced, forcedbi, forceful, forcing

• Fuckfan

• gangbang, gangbangs

• gaping

• Golden

• hardsports

• hooker

• hypno, hypnotize, hypnotized, hypnotizing,

• inbreed. inbreeded, inbreeding

• incapacitate, incapacitation

• incest, Intox, Inzest

• jail, jailbait

• kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping

• knock, knocked

• lactate, lactation

• lolicon, lolita

• Manyvids

• medicalplay

• menstrate, menstrual, menstruate, menstruating, menstruation

• meet

• molest, molested, molesting

• mutilate, mutilation,

• paddling

• paralyzed

• passed

• PayPal

• pee, peeplay, piss, pissing

• pegging

• poo, poop

• preteen

• prostituted, prostituting, prostitution

• pse

• scat, skat

• snuff

• showers

• strangled, strangling, strangulation

• suffocate, suffocation

• teen

• toilet, toiletslave, toiletslavery

• torture, tortured

• trance

• twelve

• unconscious, unconsciousness

• unwilling

• Venmo

• vomit, vomitted, vomitting 

• watersports

• Whipping

• young

• zoophilia

Some Creators use numbers or intentional misspellings to try and get around this list. For example, they’ll write “t33n” or “inzest” instead of “teen” and “incest”.

While this might sometimes work and bypass OnlyFans’ AI detection tools, the platform is continuously updating the list to track and block tricks like these.

Avoid being banned on OnlyFans

Being an OnlyFans Creator means following the rules, respecting others, and being a responsible member of the community.

Familiarize yourself with the platform’s guidelines and steer clear of risky behavior, so you can focus on what matters—creating amazing content and building connections with your fans.

Take time to go through the OnlyFans Terms of Service and Community Standards. These guidelines can be updated at any given time, so be sure to stay up-to-date on the latest rules and regulations.