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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:

Report abuse from the user's profile page

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.
  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.
  3. Select a reason for reporting the user.
  4. Complete an abuse report.
  5. Select Send report.

Report abuse from a task

  1. On the task, 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.

Report abuse from an objective

  1. On the objective, 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.

Report abuse from a key result

  1. On the key result, 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.

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.

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