how do you actually.. recover.. an account?
I am someone who has gone through 5 pinterest account within the past year. the 6th now. only 2 of them actually banned for good reasons. and 3 more for ABSOLUTELY DUMB REASONS. today i went to got log onto my account to go get some art inspiration and maybe get lost and look at memes for 2 hours only to find out i was BANNED. well, deactivated. but still.
yes, i woke up this morning to find out my 300 FOLLOWER ACCOUNT with an 8K PIN BOARD SPECIALLY FOR ONLY ONE CHARACTER had gotten deactivate.
apparently, my account got deactivated for not following community guidelines that they didn’t wanna tell me… (like how all companies do 😒) and “unusual“ behavior that they ALSO didn’t list. they also said i had “requested“ a “account closure” which i didn’t do. if i wanted to delete my account i would’ve MONTHS ago.
now, i know what you’re thinkin. “oh! why not just press ‘contact us‘ button?” i cant. and i say that because even after 6 WHOLE YEARS my parents still have screen time + somehow removed safari from my phone + blocked ALL the websites on the internet except amazon (to buy stuff, of course. but i STILL need permission to buy stuff i want or need.) on my phone. and the email connected to my banned account is practically defunct. the google account connected to it was deleted 7 month ago because youtube thought i had posted sexual content. so therefore, i probably won’t get updates on if i will get my account back or nah.
also, the ipad i am typing this on is my little brother’s, so i have to use safari (because he actually has it) to go on websites like Archive of our own (don’t ask), reddit, Pinterest, etc… and if i try to log in onto my deactivated account, it wont give me a link to anythin. i can’t just blantly ask my parents for pinterest on my brothers OWN ipad. they will get suspicious and think im doing something bad when i’m not.
if anyone has gone through something like is, is there any way to actually get your account back?
Posted Jul 3, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC