Report abuse

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
• Tasks
• Objective
• Key result
• Merge requests
• Snippets

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 ( ), 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

To report abuse from a user’s comment:

1. In the comment, in the upper-right corner, select More actions ( ).
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 issue

1. On the issue, in the upper-right corner, select Issue actions ( ).
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 ( ).
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 ( ).
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 ( ).
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 ( ).
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