How to Add, Modify or Delete an Email Address on my PayPal account

Paypal is an amazing transfer platform that is was created back in 2008 with the aim to be able to link everyone in the world with the transfer domain. It was created so that one can send money to another person easily and for the person to receive money from another person or company or institution easily.

Paypal is also an app that can temporarily store money. And so if you receive money from another person or company, you can decide to withdraw it, or you can just simply keep it in your account for a period of time before use.

Some other people have their paypal account to be able to activate online subscriptions like Netflix, Spotify, and many others but nonetheless, all of these facts make paypal a very amazing platform to be used.

And due to this, Paypal is rated amongst the best online platforms where transfers and payments can be done with other platforms like Chime, Cash app, Venmo, and many others that also fall under the same category.

Nevertheless, are you a Paypal user that created his or her paypal account with a certain email address and will like to change it due to one reason or the other? Well, we will be showing you in this article today the best way you can add an email address to your paypal; how you can modify your previous email address you registered paypal with; and how you can delete any email address you registered into your paypal account.

And so, we will just have to advice you that you should continue reading and going down the article since we will be providing to you all these methods below.

How to Add, Modify, Delete Email Address in Paypal Account

What is an Email Address?

An email address is a unique identifier for a specific email box to which messages are sent and received. While early communications systems employed a range of addressing forms, today's email addresses adhere to a set of specified criteria established in the 1980s by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and modified by RFC 5322 and 6854.

A local-part, the symbol @, and a domain, which can be a domain name or an IP address wrapped in brackets, make up an email address like [email protected].

How to Create an Email Address

To create an email address, it is quite simple just follow the steps below and know it better. We will show you two different methods which are from the settings and on the Play Store or App store.

Method I: How to Create an Email address from the Play store or App store

1. This shouldn't be a complication for anyone. Since you have to use this method usually when you have a new device and have no email address registered in your mobile device. The steps are;
2. Open your Installed Play Store or App store (Already installed automatically in all android and or iPhone devices)
3. Immediately you open the app, if your device is new with no email address in it, then you will have to just proceed to the creation of your email.
4. You will have to fill in some informations like name, date of birth, mobile phone number, and many other informations.
5. But without talking too much, you will be directed in the application on how to create your new email address. And what is good is that they do propose emails using your name that you can choose from, or you will have to modify and create yours.

Method II: How to create an Email From the Settings

1. To create an email from the settings, you will have to go to your mobile settings app
2. Then you should browse for "Accounts", and then enter the accounts tab.
3. In accounts, you will see an option of add account shown there. Or if you don't see it, then  you should see a three dots in a vertical line just at the top right of the page where you will click on it and then you will hit on add new account.
4. From there, you will hit on the google sign(that is a google account).
5. Then after that, you will be taken to another page where you will be guided on how to add your new Email address to your mobile phone.

What is Paypal?

PayPal is a secure online payment system that allows you to pay for products online and send and receive money.

You can use PayPal to make purchases online with participating stores once you link your bank account, credit card, or debit card to your PayPal account. PayPal acts as a go-between for your bank and merchants, ensuring that your payment information is kept safe.

You can also use PayPal to send and receive money from friends and family in a safe manner.

How to get a Paypal Account

To get or open a Paypal account, is quite easy. Though Paypal is not available in all countries, mostly in African countries where you won't see Paypal. But that does not rule out the fact that if you want to have a Paypal account, you will still have it. Follow the steps below;

1. Go to paypal.com or the App Store or Google Play to get the PayPal app.
2. To get started, click the blue "Sign Up" button.
3. Choose "Personal Account" or "Business account" from the two options
4. When you input your phone number, you'll get a text with a security code that you'll need to enter on the next screen.
5. Fill in your legal first and last names, as well as your email address and a strong password.
6. After that, fill out your mailing address and agree to PayPal's privacy policies. Your account will be created as a result of this.

This method is for those in a country which supports Paypal. But you can check the guide below and get your Paypal account if you are not in an available country like in African countries.

MUST READ: How to Create a Fully Functional Paypal Account in any African Country

Now that you have your new email, and you have your paypal account, then you can now get ahead to add, modify or even delete any email address in Paypal account.

How do I Add, Modify or Delete an Email Address on my PayPal account?

But why should someone have to add, modify, or delete and email address from his or her paypal account? Read more of that below; Many people have different reasons why they do that and below, we have outlined some few reasons;

1. Add email address so that their account can be complete
2. modify email address to suite their paypal account. May be one who has a business account, has created a new business mail would obviously want to modify and put in the hew business email address to be compatible with his or her account.
3. Delete email address to hide their account info and to avoid eyes from hitting his account
4. Modify an old unused email address to put in a new and well used email address.

How to add, modify, or delete an Email Address in Paypal account

You can do this either on your Web browser, or in your Paypal App. Follow the steps below and get that to the fullest.

Add, Modify, or Delete Paypal email address from Web Browser

Step One: The first thing to do will be to go to the "Settings" section of your account.

Step Two: In the 'Email' section, type the following:

1. Click + to add a new email address. Click Add Email after entering the email address. We'll send you an email to confirm it automatically. Please follow the instructions in our email.
2. Click Edit next to the email address you wish to update to make changes. Make your changes and then click Change email.
3. Click Remove to get rid of an email address.

Add, Modify or Delete Paypal email address from the Mobile App

Step One: First things first; Select your profile photo by tapping it.

Step Two: Select Account Info from the drop-down menu.

Step Three: Then Tap on "Email addresses".

1. Tap + Add a new email address to add a new address.
2. To change an address, press it and then Change.
3. To delete an address, first tap it, then tap Remove.

Note that: You must first set up another email address as your primary email address if you wish to remove your primary email address. Also; your primary email address is not editable or can't be deleted.

Ending Remarks on how to Edit, add, or delete Paypal Email Address

We have shown you above the best way you can add, edit, or completely remove and email address from your paypal account. Nevertheless, you have to put in mind that your paypal account must have two email addresses before you can do that. There is a primary email address in your paypal account, and a secondary email address in your paypal account.

And amongst these two or more email addresses in your paypal account, you will be able to modify, or delete only the secondary email addresses.

If this was helpful to you, then you can share this article to others and let them know how to do this in their account.