Getting banned for use of a custom profile picture that I've used before.

Hi, I hope you're doing great out there. I am an Independent advisor and I am here to help you in regard to your concern.

I apologize, but just a friendly reminder that for enforcement action there is a dedicated team that handles them which is the enforcement team. There is no direct contact with them, only by reporting and filing a case review.

To help you, I would recommend signing in to https://enforcement.xbox.com to get more details.

So This is my 3rd ban and it was for one day for a profile picture which was a hamster and my friend was dared to do it and i was wondering if i could ever get my own custom profile picture again?

If you are attempting to ask in a roundabout way about modifying your profile using a USB flash drive and a PC, that's considered System Tampering and grounds for a ban. As long as the gamer picture comes from the Marketplace, a code redeemed on the Marketplace,
or an in-game Achivement, it is fine. Any third party method used to add a custom gamer picture to a profile is verboten.

It was reported that due to the covid19 some services would not have a team to verify the flow of profile pictures, so they put a stop to it until further notice you cant use a custom profile picture.

You can still use avatar editor and use the avatar for the pictures.

I don't use pictures for my profile pic, but I'm guessing that the reason for the picture getting banned is that its an copyrighted image, and neither you or Microsoft own the rights to the image.

Just guessing