Paypal

Is Paypal down?

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Paypal Outage Chart 03/05/2026 16:55

March 05: Problems at Paypal

Paypal is having issues since 11:00 AM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

  1. Sign in (43%)

    Sign in (43%)

  2. Errors (36%)

    Errors (36%)

  3. Website Down (21%)

    Website Down (21%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesLancaster Errors
FranceBourg-Saint-Andéol Sign in
FranceFrontignan Sign in
United StatesChicago Errors
United StatesMidlothian Errors
FranceBourges Website Down
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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • RealGhostkai Ghostkai (@RealGhostkai) reported

    Fraudster has used my PayPal “somehow” (two factor auth on and everything) to spend around £100 on a game company’s website. PayPal doesn’t see this as “unauthorised”. Not really sure how that works? Hoping the game company sorts it out, because now I’m down a lot of money 😩

  • TheArni05 Arnau (@TheArni05) reported

    @KinguinNet @KinguinNet there's any problem paying with paypal

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  • RichAtkinsonMD Richard Atkinson (@RichAtkinsonMD) reported

    @HoganMusic Hi Shannon - I see in your Q&A you describe yourself as “Determined. Considerate. Dependable”. Any chance you could show some evidence of these traits, and issue the refund you STILL owe to me? @Paypal have told me several times how easy it would be for you to do….

  • TwicketsUK Twickets UK Ticket Feed (@TwicketsUK) reported

    @hithereimlizzie @Twickets The payment passes between the buyer and seller so it may be an issue with the seller's Paypal. If you could let us know which listing that is for we can look into it.

  • twonotesaudio Two notes Audio Engineering (@twonotesaudio) reported

    IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT We are currently experiencing issues with the PayPal portal on our website. In lieu of this, we have temporarily disabled this payment method. We are working hard to get this rectified as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

  • RandomHelpSpam I Need Help! (@RandomHelpSpam) reported

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  • jaderotheraa jade (@jaderotheraa) reported

    @AskPayPal hi i have a problem i’ve had a random email from paypal saying i’ve paid for an uber which i haven’t which is concerning (not showing up on my uber app either) and i can’t get into my paypal either as it has the wrong number to confirm it’s me?

  • IzzyJVlare IzzyJ. (@IzzyJVlare) reported

    So now Discord demands I retract all my chargebacks, with confirmation from Paypal. I can't get into PayPal because I'm at work, on mobile. My password stops working every time I login, and I can't go into the account to deactivate anything because it has an old number

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  • MiyaAmanogawa Miya Amanogawa 🌌✨| COMMISSIONS OPEN (@MiyaAmanogawa) reported

    @Adminbrave I use PayPal and usually use the invoices to get the payments down. That or Ko-fi commissions where you set up your payment method. But for either i go eith PayPal

  • muziya28 foreverZee (@muziya28) reported from Pretoria, Gauteng

    @AskPayPal I’ve been calling and trying to get help from the customer services and still nothing ,how is it that your customer service are unable to provide reason for customers having account problems?????

  • envato Envato (@envato) reported

    @Myname616 , Thank you for your message to the Envato Customer Success Team. I'm sorry to hear about the payment issue that you've encountered. We've had users report a greater success rate for purchases when making sure that their Envato account details match their PayPal or Skrill det...

  • disasteryn brand new species big Cat (@disasteryn) reported

    deoes anyone. have a credit card i can use i just need to sign in to paypal real Quick

  • Beaney1872 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕪 (@Beaney1872) reported

    @CarlSheridan6 Aye stick me down for a random, send me PayPal info please

  • s4if_ Saiful Habib (@s4if_) reported

    is @PayPal error? I can't pay several of my services with paypal.

  • SomeSecretPie Secret Pie - Broccoli Soup on WEBTOON CANVAS (@SomeSecretPie) reported

    Hey guys! So I messed up a little (oopsie). All Ko-fi stuff is done through paypal and apparently I opened up a "personal account" and not a "business account" so I was shut down because they thought the transactions were shady or something

  • soundsmove David Goodall (@soundsmove) reported

    @GLA_Airport Brilliant! The biog says it's not frequently monitored! I booked a week's parking yesterday - it took 6 or 7 attempts: "An error processing" I'm now trying to book a single day: same message. Over 30 attempts. Different cards, Apple Pay, PayPal - you name it!

  • FleetFootArt Lewd Kat🔞 (@FleetFootArt) reported

    Weird Question for my Fellow Artist making that bank via Paypal. Has anyone else's account now run into the issue where, regardless they you put on the invoice that items are not being shipped.......

  • yashagr13 Yash Agrawal (@yashagr13) reported

    @AskPayPal Hello I am having trouble to Access my account. Says RATE LIMIT REACHED when in reality, i just logged in once. Please check DM as i have sent details and request to resolve it Thanks

  • utsavusheth Uts₳v (@utsavusheth) reported

    @SAM17031879 I think it was 2-3 network shutdowns, the rest are just low perfromance issues That's pretty bad, but If you think it more like paypal or stripe. The downtime of 0.01% is okay You need like 1-2 Sol to pay fees for a long time, don't own more than that if VC concerns you

  • NGrannon Nanni Grannon (@NGrannon) reported

    @tfwirelessInc I had service paid through July 2024 - didn't get service so I cancelled it last week and wanted a refund of the $146 I was told it would be. They erased my records, said they won't issue the refund because I paid through paypal for part of it, and they erased my direct payments

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  • girlfwenkat Kat ($235/$300) (@girlfwenkat) reported

    @Buy22Tom @Bryans_fury Also side note, he is extremely trustworthy, I used to use his PayPal and he would send it to me on Cashapp with no issues and wouldn't even count the fee in the Cashapp payment.

  • TheMindOfColi TheMindOfColi (@TheMindOfColi) reported

    @PhantomStromLBP @hallm3lbp i finally got past phone number issue, now paypal or amazon pay won’t work😡 very annoyed by this site

  • justletmescream DeeLulu (sdcs5 & bah let's gooooooo) (@justletmescream) reported

    @Glitterati3_A I hope they're able to fix it! That site seems messy. Their customer service told me they accept PayPal but then they didn't give me a PayPal option when i wanted to pay 🤔

  • moretolife__ Eliza TL 50 (@moretolife__) reported

    @Prolific Having cash out issues again. The balance isn’t in my Prolific balance or in my PayPal balance.

  • greenegt Gary Greene Jr (@greenegt) reported

    @ExtremeGamer Terrible. When I purchased it, it listed my email address for the order. I paid via PayPal and I think it pre-populated for me.

  • BrandonG_Musco Brandon Grunder (@BrandonG_Musco) reported

    @Samlaporta Anyone else having issues with the PayPal payment option?

  • zetazagoon Zetazagoon (@zetazagoon) reported

    @MavrickzArts Yeah Patreon is heavily moderated and it's getting worse every year. I assume it's Paypal pushing them to crack down on artists because sites that don't use paypal (like Subscribestar) are typically more permissive on content.