Why I left Flickr after almost 8 years...
My account was blocked on April 2nd, 2026.
I received the following response to my inquiry with support:
First response from Flickr support
Emmett (Flickr)
Apr 3, 2026, 11:58 AM PDT
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out.
We have reviewed your account and there are still posts that do not comply with Flickr’s guidelines.
Free accounts are limited to posting Safe content only. Please review our Guide to Safety Levels, for more information. You can find more details about the perks of upgrading to a Pro account here. Once you upgrade, the suspension will be lifted automatically.
See examples below:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/52877281209/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54525971230/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/48080825207/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/55119923627/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54599845539/
Please note that we have not reviewed all posts in your account and this may not be a complete list.
Thank you for reviewing all of your posts to ensure they comply with Flickr’s guidelines. You can then reach out to request that we review your account again.
Kind regards,
Emmett
Flickr Trust & Safety
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My reaction to the first email
Annika
Apr 3, 2026, 2:59 PM PDT
Emmett (Flickr Support) <help@flickr.com> hat am 03.04.2026 20:58 CEST geschrieben:
i have answer on ur excamples but i cant follow ur problems with the pictures. May some pics uploaded with po-account could be not safe.If this an problem the could it better you delete this account. I will all my pics post in primfeed next time
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Second response from support
Emmett (Flickr)
Apr 4, 2026, 7:19 AM PDT
Hello,
Thank you for following-up.
Your account was placed in a temporary suspended state because of posts that do not comply with Flickr’s guidelines.
As noted in our Guide to Safety Levels, „photos or videos that depict partial nudity, are sexually suggestive“ should be removed from Free accounts.
See examples below:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/55119923627/ (exposed areola)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54599845539/ (exposed buttocks)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/48080825207/ (exposed areola)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54078359596/ (pasties/nipple covers)
Please note that we have not reviewed all posts in your account and this may not be a complete list.
You must review all of your posts to ensure they comply with Flickr’s guidelines before reaching out to request that we review your account again.
Kind regards,
Emmett
Flickr Trust & Safety
Keep your Flickr account secure. Learn more about identifying & avoiding phishing scams: Protecting Yourself from Phishing Scams on Flickr
The pictures from the 2nd email
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/55119923627/
Reason: (exposed areola)
I can't see any nipples at all. They're hidden under pasties.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54599845539/
Reason: (exposed buttocks)
Answer: Really? 90% of my buttsock in the picture is covered by the dress.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/48080825207/
Reason: (exposed areola)
So, I still don't see any nipples.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143847390@N06/54078359596/
Reason: (pasties/nipple covers)
Question: Why are pasties a problem?
My reply to this email with the latest examples
Hello,
u can find my answere behind the picture-links. Please explain btw show me the part oft he guidlines.
Von: Emmett (Flickr Support) <help@flickr.com>
Gesendet: Samstag, 4. April 2026 16:20
An: Annika <annika@my-sl-stories.de>
Betreff: [Flickr] Re: Account Suspended: Free Account Limits
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And then this happened...
Claire (Flickr)
Apr 5, 2026, 9:43 AM PDT
Claire with Flickr’s Trust & Safety team here, stepping in while my colleague is out of the office.
As previously mentioned, Free accounts are limited to posting Safe content only, regardless of privacy setting or when this content was originally uploaded.
If you wish to remain a free account, you must remove all non-safe content.
Please refer to previous emails from us for more details about steps you must take for the suspended state of your account to be removed.
As previously noted, you must review all of your posts before reaching out to request that we review your account again.
Regards,
Claire
Flickr | Trust & Safety Team
Conclusion
Flickr is only out to rip us off. If you downgrade your account, you should delete all the higher-rated images you've already paid to upload.
Incidentally, you will not receive any information about needing to clean up your Pro account when it expires.
Instead, you will simply be banned at some point without further warning.
You receive no information about which images are meant, and in the end you are told that you are expected to delete the images yourself that you do not know are affected.
If you can't understand any of this and you ask questions, don't expect anyone to answer them. Just delete it!
This is not what customer service should look like.
