Two changes on the Account page are protected more heavily than the rest, because both can cost you money. Changing the address we pay you at needs a code from your inbox. Deleting your account needs your password.
Step 1: Change the PayPal address
On Account, edit PayPal Email and press Save Changes. We email a 6-digit code and open Confirm change of PayPal email. Enter the code and press Confirm. Your name and country are saved in the same step.
Step 2: Use the code within its limits
The code is valid for 10 minutes. Press Save Changes again and the new code replaces the old one, so always take the newest email. We also alert your sign-in address whenever the payout address changes. An alert you did not ask for is worth reporting to us immediately.
Step 3: Time the change around a payout
A run pays the address on your account at the moment the list is prepared, in the first days of the month. Change it after that and the next run uses the new address. Leave the field empty and the run skips you.
Step 4: Delete the account, if you are sure
Under Advanced, Delete My Account warns that this permanently deletes your account and all associated data, and cannot be undone. Press Delete Account, type your password in the dialog, then press Delete My Account there to confirm. You are signed out immediately. Signed up with Google or Apple? The dialog rejects every password until you set one you know.
Ask us to settle any unpaid balance first. The monthly run pays the address on a live account, so once the account is gone it can no longer pay you.
What to do next
Read Why you have not been paid yet if a transfer to the old address failed.
Read Sign in, reset your password, and connect Google or Apple to set a password on a social account.
Stuck on any of this? Write to us at [email protected] and we will sort it out with you.