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How to change your PayPal email address
PayPal: Change your email address in your browser
preparation
Add another email address
change E-Mail address
Delete email address
PayPal: Change your email address in the app
1st step:
2nd step:
3rd step:
4th step:
Add a new email address
View or change the default email address
Quick guide: Change your email address in your browser
Quick guide: Change your email address in the app

How you can change your saved e-mail address with PayPal, you will find out in this manual!

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PayPal allows you to easily add, change or remove email addresses. In these instructions we explain exactly how this works and what you have to pay attention to.

How to change your PayPal email address

PayPal: Change your email address in your browser

Follow the step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide ..

preparation

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Open paypal.com and log into your account. Click the gear icon in the top right to open the settings.

Add another email address

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In the "Email Address" area, click the " + " symbol to add an email address. Enter your address in the window and confirm it.

change E-Mail address

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To change an e-mail address that is not stored as a standard , simply click on " Update " next to the address. Make the changes you want and click on " Change email address ". You cannot change the address that you have currently saved as the default . To do this, click on the “ + ” symbol in the “ E-mail address ” area, enter the changed address and confirm it. You can now save the new address as the default. To do this, click next to this address on " Update ", check" Use as default email address for notifications "and click on" Change email address ". To delete the old address, click next to it on " Remove " and confirm.

Delete email address

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Next to the address you want to remove from PayPal, click Remove . If you want to delete the email address that you have set as the default , you must first set another address as the default. To do this, add an address as described above and click on " Update " next to it. Check the box next to " Use as default email address for notifications " and click on " Change email address ". Now the old e-mail address is no longer stored as the standard and you can click on " Remove " to remove it " Clear.

PayPal: Change your email address in the app

Follow the step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide .

1st step:

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In the PayPal app, tap the gear icon in the upper right corner .

2nd step:

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Then select the first item " Personal data " in the settings .

3rd step:

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Now tap on the " E-Mail Addresses " field.

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You now have two options: You can add a new email address by tapping on " + Add new email address ". Or you can view and change your standard email address by tapping the " Standard " field.

Add a new email address

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Enter the new e-mail address and confirm with " Add ".

View or change the default email address

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Here you can see your default email address. To change this, tap on the " Change " field with the pencil symbol. Note: To change your default email address, you must first set a new email address as the default.

Quick guide: Change your email address in your browser

  1. Open paypal.com , log in and click the gear icon in the top right corner .
  2. To add an email address , click the “ + ” symbol.
  3. To change an email address , click on "Update".
  4. To delete an email address , click on "Remove".

Quick guide: Change your email address in the app

  1. In the PayPal app, tap the gear icon in the upper right corner .
  2. Now select " Personal data ".
  3. Then tap on the " E-Mail Addresses " field.
  4. You can now either " + Add a new e-mail address " or, by tapping on the " Standard " field , view or change your standard address .
  5. Add a new email address by entering it and then tapping " Add ".
  6. If you would like to change your default e-mail address , tap on the " Change " field with the pencil symbol. Note: Before changing the default email address, you must have a new email address set as the default.

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