-Why should we delete a PayPal account
-How to delete a PayPal account
A very important question most people who use a PayPal account usually ask is what will be answered in this article today.
There are quite a number of reasons why you might decide to close or permanently delete your PayPal account. The reason why you might want to delete your PayPal account is actually nobody’s business.
How to Delete Paypal Account
Deleting a Paypal account follows these simple steps:-
All we are going to be discussing on this page is how we can help you close your PayPal account without stress or getting any error or penalty after you might have closed or deleted it and even proceed to open a new one if you want.
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Before Closing Your PayPal Account;
These are the important things you need to know before you close your PayPal account.
- Once you close or delete a PayPal account, it cannot be recovered again.
- Closing your account is totally different from deactivating it. If you deactivate your account, you can still recover it back.
- All transactions, histories, settings, and everything associated with the account will be lost. Even if you use the same email to open a new PayPal account.
- Because you might not have access to all these details again, it is better for you to take screenshots or print some pages you feel might be very important for you later.
- Importantly: You cannot delete a PayPal account via your mobile phone, iOS, or any android device.
- Deleting a PayPal account can only be done on a desktop device.
- Ensure you do not have any unresolved issues with the account before you close it [Issues like Outstanding balances]
- Unpaid money requests will be canceled automatically.
- Withdraw all your balances and make sure you do not have any pending withdrawals. You might decide to transfer them to another PayPal account-Alternatively, you can request a check from PayPal, where you will be required to pay a token amount of money to get this done.
How to Close Or Permanently Delete PayPal Account in 2 Minutes
Follow these steps accordingly to delete or permanently close your PayPal account in a few minutes.
There might be a slight difference in the process needed to close a personal PayPal account and a business PayPal account.
Thus, to delete your personal PayPal account, here is what you should do:
- Copy your transaction histories if they might be important to you.
- Ensure not to have any unresolved issues with the account you want to close or delete
- Make sure you have no balance left in your account if you need it.
- Log in to your PayPal account only on the Web using a computer or a desktop device
- Upon successful login, click on the “SETTING” icon
- Click on your “ACCOUNT” button.
- Click on the “CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT” button.
- Enter your “BANK ACCOUNT” (If requested)
- Finally, Click on “CLOSE ACCOUNT”
To close a business account, the process is somewhat the same, just a few differences in the procedure, and here is how to do it.
How to Close PayPal Business Account
Just the way you will close a personal account; Here is how to close a business PayPal account in four simple steps
- Copy your transaction histories if they might be important to you.
- Ensure not to have any unresolved issues with the account you want to close or delete
- Make sure you have no balance left in your account if you need it.
- Log in to your PayPal account only on the Web using a computer or a desktop device
Then follow the process from 5 through to 8 as shown above.
Kindly note that your password is very important if you want to close your Paypal account. However, situations are, when you might have forgotten your password or you want to close the account on behave of another person.
Here is a simple tip to help you to do that.
Frequently Asked Questions On How To Delete My PayPal Account
Here are answers to the frequently asked question on how to close a PayPal account
- Ensure to have access to the number or Email used to open the PayPal account.
- Click on “HAVING PROBLEM LOGGING IN” under the login area.
- Follow the processes that follow
Creating multiple PayPal accounts is very much allowed. All you need to ensure is that you do not use the same Email for more than one account.
Also, you must add different credit/debit cards to each account.
Can I Use The Same Information I Used for My Deleted PayPal Account To Open A New One?
PayPal keeps a record of your account information. So, even if you have deleted your account, your details have been saved in their database.
This means you cannot open a new PayPal account with it again. This is to prevent fraudulent use of your details.
It might not be easy to delete/close your account via your phone or any other android device. But, if you still want to consider their option. All you need to do is to put a call to the customer care center.