Report abuse

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You can report abuse from other GitLab users to GitLab administrators.

A GitLab administrator can then choose to:

• Remove the user, which deletes them from the instance.
• Block the user, which denies them access to the instance.
• Or remove the report, which retains the user's access to the instance.

You can report a user through their:

• Profile
• Comments
• Issues
• Merge requests
• Snippets

Report abuse from the user's profile page

• Report abuse from overflow menu introduced in GitLab 16.4 with a flag named user_profile_overflow_menu_vue. Disabled by default.
• Enabled on GitLab.com in GitLab 16.4.
• Generally available in GitLab 16.6. Feature flag user_profile_overflow_menu_vue removed.

To report abuse from a user's profile page:

1. Anywhere in GitLab, select the name of the user.
2. In the upper-right corner of the user's profile select the vertical ellipsis ({ellipsis_v}), then Report abuse to administrator.
3. Select a reason for reporting the user.
4. Complete an abuse report.
5. Select Send report.

Report abuse from a user's comment

• Reporting abuse from comments in epics introduced in GitLab 15.10.

To report abuse from a user's comment:

1. In the comment, in the upper-right corner, select More actions ({ellipsis_v}).
2. Select Report abuse.
3. Select a reason for reporting the user.
4. Complete an abuse report.
5. Select Send report.

NOTE: A URL to the reported user's comment is pre-filled in the abuse report's Message field.

Report abuse from an issue

1. On the issue, in the upper-right corner, select Issue actions ({ellipsis_v}).
2. Select Report abuse to administrator.
3. Select a reason for reporting the user.
4. Complete an abuse report.
5. Select Send report.

Report abuse from a merge request

1. On the merge request, in the upper-right corner, select Merge request actions ({ellipsis_v}).
2. Select Report abuse.
3. Select a reason for reporting this user.
4. Complete an abuse report.
5. Select Send report.

Related topics

• Abuse reports administration documentation