{"id":47350,"date":"2025-04-08T14:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47350"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:45:16","slug":"locked-out-of-apple-developer-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/08\/locked-out-of-apple-developer-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked Out of Apple Developer Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davedelong\/114298274966216722\">Dave DeLong<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davedelong\/114298274966216722\"><p>In the past 24 hours I&rsquo;ve heard of four different developers who have been entirely locked out of their Apple Developer accounts for seemingly no reason whatsoever, with no help from support and no apparent way to escalate.<\/p><p>No idea what&rsquo;s going on, but this for sure does not seem good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appdot.net\/@RedQueenCoder\/114298310257909727\">Janie Larson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/appdot.net\/@RedQueenCoder\/114298310257909727\"><p>Last year I had my developer account labeled as inactive in spite of it being paid at the time. It wouldn&rsquo;t give me the option to reactivate it because it was paid in full. I eventually just let it lapse and now I don&rsquo;t publish anything on Apple platforms. &#x1F605;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@JonathanGerlach\/114298567398605395\">Jonathan Gerlach<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@JonathanGerlach\/114298567398605395\">\n<p>I&rsquo;m a developer who was locked out of my developer account, btw. I can&rsquo;t log in or reset my password.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@st3fan\/114298709517909197\">Stefan Arentz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@st3fan\/114298709517909197\">\n<p>It happened to me last year. After a bunch of one way communication it was suddenly restored. No explanation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/27\/our-changing-relationship-with-apple\/\">Our Changing Relationship With Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/03\/2024-six-colors-apple-report-card\/\">2024 Six Colors Apple Report Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/digital-will-sues-apple-over-developer-account-termination\/\">Digital Will Sues Apple Over Developer Account Termination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/05\/developer-account-in-limbo-due-to-popularity\/\">Developer Account In Limbo Due to Popularity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/07\/apple-accounts-permanently-blocked\/\">Apple Accounts &ldquo;Permanently&rdquo; Blocked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/students-developer-account-mistakenly-terminated\/\">Student&rsquo;s Developer Account Mistakenly Terminated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/another-developer-account-nearly-terminated\/\">Another Developer Account Nearly Terminated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/09\/epic-barred-from-sign-in-with-apple\/\">Epic Barred From &ldquo;Sign in With Apple&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/25\/developer-accounts-nearly-terminated\/\">Developer Accounts Nearly Terminated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/apple-to-cut-epic-off-from-ios-and-mac-developer-tools\/\">Apple to Cut Epic Off From iOS and Mac Developer Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/20\/guilherme-rambo-locked-out-of-apple-developer-account\/\">Guilherme Rambo Locked Out of Apple Developer Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/05\/apple-removed-dash-from-the-mac-app-store\/\">Apple Removed Dash From the Mac App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"locked-out-of-apple-developer-accounts-update-2025-04-10\">Update (<a href=\"#locked-out-of-apple-developer-accounts-update-2025-04-10\">2025-04-10<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davedelong\/114314583142959467\">Dave DeLong<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@davedelong\/114314583142959467\"><p>I&rsquo;m happy to report that <em>everyone I&rsquo;ve heard about<\/em> has managed to regain access to their accounts. Kudos to the folks in WWDR who helped them through the hoops to make that happen. &#x1F44F;<\/p><p>And shame on whatever caused this to happen on the first place.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave DeLong: In the past 24 hours I&rsquo;ve heard of four different developers who have been entirely locked out of their Apple Developer accounts for seemingly no reason whatsoever, with no help from support and no apparent way to escalate.No idea what&rsquo;s going on, but this for sure does not seem good. 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