How to Fix a HWID Ban in 2026 (and How HWID Spoofers Work)

You made a new account, logged in, and got banned again within minutes. That is the classic sign of a HWID ban (hardware ID ban). The game is not banning your account, it is banning your PC.

What is a HWID ban?

When you install a game with anti-cheat (Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Ricochet and others), it reads identifiers from your hardware: disk serials, motherboard and BIOS IDs, network adapter MAC addresses and more. After a ban, those IDs are blacklisted. Any account that logs in from that PC is flagged, which is why new accounts get banned so quickly.

How do I know if I have one?

• Fresh accounts get banned within minutes or hours, often before you do anything.
• You get kicked with an anti-cheat error on every account.
• Friends on other PCs have no problem with the same game.

If that matches, a new account alone will not fix it.

How a HWID spoofer fixes it

A spoofer changes the hardware IDs the anti-cheat reads, so your PC looks like a different, clean machine. A temporary spoofer does this for your current session: you run it before you play, and the original IDs come back after a restart. That keeps your real system untouched.

Our Temp Spoofer is one-click: it spoofs and cleans in one go, has a built-in HWID checker so you can see the change, works on any motherboard in UEFI or Legacy mode, and supports Fortnite (including tournaments), Rainbow Six Siege, Rust, Apex Legends, Call of Duty, FiveM, Escape From Tarkov, Dead by Daylight, Delta Force and more.

Step by step

1. Fully close the game and its launcher.
2. Run the spoofer and choose spoof and clean.
3. Use a new account. The old banned account stays banned.
4. Launch the game, then your cheat if you use one.
5. Repeat the spoof after every restart (temporary spoofer).

Mistakes that get people banned again

• Logging into the old banned account on the spoofed PC, which links the new IDs to the ban.
• Forgetting to spoof after a restart.
• Using the same Discord, email or payment details that were tied to the banned account in games that link them.

Frequently asked questions

Does a new account fix a HWID ban?

No. The ban is on your hardware, so a new account on the same PC gets flagged. You need to change what the anti-cheat sees, which is what a spoofer does.

Is a temp spoofer safe for my PC?

A temporary spoofer only changes the IDs for the current session; after a restart your real IDs return. Follow the setup guide that comes with it.

Which games does the Temp Spoofer support?

Fortnite (including tournaments), Rainbow Six Siege, Rust, Apex Legends, Call of Duty titles, FiveM, Escape From Tarkov, Dead by Daylight, Delta Force and more.

Do I need a spoofer for every cheat?

Only if your PC has been hardware-banned in that game before. If it never has, you can play without one.