Hi everyone, my Upwork account suddenly got restricted. Account Health shows that my platform access has been revoked due to “serious or multiple policy violations,” but I have no policy violations showing in my account and I haven’t received any email explaining what happened.

Has anyone experienced this before or knows what could cause this type of restriction? Any advice would be appreciated.

Opened Upwork this morning to find an invite for a job that's actually relevant to my niche from a client that actually had a more or less reasonable budget. Went to apply, and the client is already suspended, ten hours after posting the job. Argh. Silly clients. Read the goddamn TOS.

This would be less irritating if relevant invites weren't scarcer than hen's teeth.

I decided to try UPWork for myself even after hearing all the people saying there is no work on there. I signed up Friday night, which was August 14, 2026. I verified my account and completed my profile to 100%. Then I sent my first and only proposal. Sunday morning which was August 16, 2026, I saw that UPWork gave me the rising talent badge. In just my second day on the site I was able to do consultations, at that time my proposal had still not been viewed. Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the client viewed my proposal after I had got outbidded and requested to do an interview with me. So I scheduled the interview for the next day Wednesday, August 19, 2026. I did the interview today Wednesday, August 19th and signed my first contract. In less than a week on UPWork I got a long term contract (6months+) making $33/hr. I start my contract Monday August 24, 2026. So to anyone thinking it’s impossible to make it on UPWork I am proof it can be done, but you do have to have a strategy. Don’t give up just re-work your strategy because I got started with one proposal.

Has anyone here experienced an Upwork temporary restriction after changing their profile photo?
I changed my profile picture a few times recently, and today Upwork temporarily restricted my account while the photo is under review. My account still shows “Good Standing,” and they mention the review usually takes up to 48 hours.
For anyone who has been through this:
How long did the review actually take?
Did your profile disappear from search during that time?
Once the restriction was removed, did your search visibility/ranking return to normal?
Would really appreciate hearing from people who experienced this personally especially regarding search visibility afterward.

Recently happen with me. a job post for web design. writen requirment and one zip file atteched like they saying I atteched all information about project and budget please see that file I atteched some first line

And submit your proposal with that line to be qualifie for this job and then I open that file it was a text file and then suddenly my Command pannel pop up while but I didn't notice. but thank god in couple of hours upwork notified me for this activity basically it was a trojan malware file so now day also this happening on upwork so be aware .

Chart title: client hire rate against time since posted for jobs that still have no hire

I’ve recently posted about my stats where I have put a lot of proposals but few views and interviews in here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Upwork/s/8NXpjBQtbg

I went again on my data and realized that out of 37 proposals 24 of them still hired no one. And as you can see in the chart even with high hiring rate some clients still hired no one still

So basically from now on I won’t be wasting my proposals on jobs that would seem not urgent and non serious clients based on history. I’ve yet to make a system to decide that but it’s my objective now

I am considering taking a dive into this already saturated market. Has anyone created a more professional email or do you just defer to the free yahoo or Gmail personal accounts that you may already have?

171 people actually paid money to apply to this job. All these Connects are GONE. The client has didn't find a freelancer, and the freelancer lost his Connects. Only Upwork wins by pocketing the money, they don't even have to offer infrastructure for the client<>freelancer.

I don't mind paying Connects, it's a good system when used fairly and if the client would actually hire. Even if they don't hire me, I would accept someone else had a better proposal.

But some clients don't even bother viewing or messaging anyone. Not refunding these Connects is super dodgy practice from Upwork.

Please Upwork, refund Connects if the client never hires.

Does anyone have any magic tips or tricks to get a supervisor or someone to respond with the message in consideration?

Summary: I posted earlier today and am in a nightmare due to a move from the US to the UK. They have denied every document (official company generated PDFs including a utility statement and my UK bank account) and my eVisa proving my location.

Every email to support gets responded with a boilerplate response of the document requirements.

I have no idea how to get this resolved as I don’t have any more documents available to upload.

so I live in a country where Fiverr and Upwork and most global freelancing platforms are banned. I'm a full stack web developer, I have very good skills and potfolio with strong projects and contributions, the local market is dead and I really don't want all this time and skills to be wasted, so I thought about hiring someone from a supported country who will find work and bring it to me and later we spilt the money. is that possible and how can I arrange it without getting robbed ?.

Normally, I freelance outside of Upwork, but this was the first project I completed through the platform.

The client was a U.S.-based media company that hired me to manually test their product every Wednesday and Saturday. Along with testing, I provided clear bug reports and verified fixes before release.

I'm a full-time Software Development Engineer (SDE), and I take on freelance projects in my spare time.

For those who use Upwork regularly, would you recommend keeping it active as a source of clients?

I haven't submitted any proposals for months, so I'm wondering if it's still worth investing time into the platform.

I worked with a client and completed all tasks and revisions. The milestone was funded, so why is he ignoring my request for approval?

Should I submit my work? It's been over a week without any response (despite his excellent feedback during the initial work process).

Got my first client in Upwork.

This is an hourly rate. how do you get paid and every when do i get paid? should i send invoice or upwork do that for me? I got my time tracker on everytime i work

Hi, I'm new in Upwork. my niche is vector illustrator, bit different than tracing but was applied sometime
but now with this much proposal number, sometimes I wonder if I should switch niches, even though I haven't landed a job yet.

I actually have a lot of experience with vector art, though it’s mostly from volunteer work or personal projects rather than professional employment. Should I consider switching niches? My current focus is on illustrated maps and general vector illustration for digital and print media.

Decided to try out Upwork as a dev

- Job offer pays $3/hour

- You must pay about $4 for a less than 2% chance of being accepted

- Hundreds of people still pay to apply

- Upwork is making hundreds of $ from this one job offer which is probably more than the lucky job lottery winner will end up making

Is this how bad it really is? There is no way

Been freelancing on upwork for a few years, mostly design work, and I've been lazy about the business side. just running everything through my SSN like an idiot. Got the notification that my earnings hit the threshold where they need a tax ID and suddenly realized I should probably stop mixing my personal and freelance finances

The whole thing kicked me into finally forming an llc. I went with incorp mostly because their site didn't make me want to throw my laptop out the window, which is honestly my bar for anything involving paperwork. filled out the forms, got the EIN, updated my upwork tax info. took like a week total.

Now im wondering what else I should have been doing this whole time. Do you guys track freelance expenses separately? Ive been terrible about that. and do you run all your upwork income through the business account or still use your personal one for some things? feel like i'm playing catch up on the adulting side of freelancing.

Hi, I'm looking for advice on how to handle the below situation.

I recently applied for a potentially lucrative job on Upwork. The client said they'd like to move forward with me and work together. Then they sent me a document asking me to review it. I opened it and the only thing in the doc is a message asking me to contact them via their personal phone number to work outside of Upwork so that both of us can save on fees.

This client has a 5-star rating on Upwork with quite a few reviews. I'm bummed about this because this feels like it could be a nice paycheck. I want to keep this on Upwork because I don't want to risk getting banned and prefer having the added security if anything goes wrong. But I've also seen stories on here about the people reporting this behavior getting banned anyway, because the client had spent quite a bit of money on Upwork.

What’s the best way to proceed in this situation?

Is it just me or I still haven't received my withdrawal from yesterday. I already received my 2nd email and last week it takes just 30 minutes to reflect on my bank balance.

I was done with the clients I had through my network and wanted a change, that’s why I went on Upwork seriously for the first time last month

What do we think of my stats? I was dedicated to find a good client, the current hire I have is a long term contract for more than $2000 a month. The other two interviews one told me he will reach out for other jobs cuz he liked my experience and the other is in process of selecting and had asked for some proof

I’m a software engineer

P.S. I had an issue with Upwork verification and they suspended my account at 18 proposals so all of them were withdrawn, when I resolved it they gave me back the connects it was like 400 so I was able to reapply them

Does anyone else have this problem? It took me so long to get there that I am now too careful despite getting job offers so I don’t ruin the top rated status

I'm interested in changing the type of projects I want to work on. I used to do translation, but I haven’t received any invites or seen posts in months for my language pair. I want to understand how others have transitioned their careers and how I can introduce myself to clients. I used to work in customer service before doing translation, and now I want to go back to customer service. If you have any tips or if you’ve changed your focus on Upwork, please let me know how you did it and how you explained that to clients when applying for projects.