Paypal status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.
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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.
May 16: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 01:40 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.
- Sign in (48%)
- Errors (33%)
- Website Down (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Stockton
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
 Brighton
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Errors | 3 days ago |
 Génelard
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Website Down | 3 days ago |
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Paris
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Overland Park
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Errors | 6 days ago |
 Lausanne
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Errors | 7 days ago |
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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REDACTED (@Redactederd) reportedPayPal gotta fix their system. No way can people just do this with no consequences. You people disgust me so much.
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Moses Mbadi (@mosesmbadi) reportedThe AI Bloodbath: 100,000+ Jobs Gone in 12 Months 1. Amazon — 30,000+ Employees ~2% of total workforce Roles: Corporate managers, AWS teams Stock: 📷 Flat (~0% in 2025) 2. Intel — 27,000 Employees ~22% of total workforce Roles: ~80% Engineers (chip designers, RTL, fab workers) Stock: ↑ Up 130% YTD in 2026 3. Microsoft — 15,000 Employees ~7% of total workforce Roles: ~30% Engineers (AI now writes their code), Xbox, Sales Stock: ↓ Down 12% YTD in 2026 4. Chevron — 8,000 Employees 15–20% of total workforce Roles: Operations & corporate staff Stock: ↓ Down (oil price pressure) 5. Block (Square/Cash App) — 4,000 Employees ~40% of total workforce Roles: Engineering, ops, support Stock: ↑ Up 45% (52-week), surged 24% on announcement day 6. Salesforce — 4,000 Employees ~5% of total workforce Roles: ~60% Customer service (replaced by AI agents) Stock: ↑ Up (market views as efficiency win) 7. PayPal — 4,760 Employees ~20% of total workforce Roles: Engineers & operations ($1.5B AI overhaul) Stock: ↑ Positive reaction (announced May 9, 2026) 8. Dell — 11,000 Employees ~10% of total workforce Roles: Corporate roles, shifting budget to AI servers Stock: ↑ Up (AI server business booming) 9. Meta — 1,500+ Employees ~10% of Reality Labs division Roles: VR/metaverse engineers Stock: ↓ Down 2.3% on announcement day 10. Coinbase — 700 Employees ~14% of total workforce Roles: ~50% Engineers (AI replacing dev workflows) Stock: ↑ Up ~4% on announcement day In rough terms, across the 175,000+ jobs lost: ~40% Engineers (software devs, QA, product managers — AI is writing their code) ~30% Customer service / support (AI agents replacing human agents directly) ~30% Management / corporate / ops (companies flattening org structures, cutting "unnecessary layers") Sources: Crunchbase, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, InformationWeek (May 2026) Very uncertain times ahead. I have 3 acres of Land in Nambale, who wants to come do farming with me?
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Charlotte Muse (@charlottemusexo) reported@PossessedLettu1 Yeah, you are right i have faced that problem so many times but we still have to use the paypal cause then they think we are some kind of scammers haha
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bim codgers (@videogaminggary) reported@PayPal What ******** is going on with your site? I can't sign in
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Elaine Light (@ElaineLightVT) reported@AkiAndFam Yeah however PayPal won’t let me turn off my real name so I don’t wanna link it to things….. and I need something to replace stream elements now that they are shutting down DX
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Vasja (@VasjaBocko) reported@PayPal , on top of being by far the most expensive payment provider (topped only by @Klarna), you also do not offer the option to withdraw foreign currencies in anything other than our local currency (EUR). If I do want to withdraw, you force a conversion in which for about 4.000 EUR you take 150 EUR fee. Your web app being completely broken and your support useless is then the final slap in the face. Shameful.
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BEAST ⭐️ NASTY (@BeastNastyCallz) reported@PayPal You have been processing my LTC you received for over an hour now Congratulations..... I will never use PayPal for crypto again (Maybe PYUSD,.. but geezuss... ya'll have issues)
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Shari 🌸 (@sharduncan5050) reported@CarolineDPham @moonpay I’m having lots of trouble with MoonPay! I have a balance that I’m trying to Withdraw. The app only gives me two options, my bank account or my PayPal. I’ve tried both, repeatedly, and MoonPay will not finish the transaction. So frustrating!
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vivi 🍒 (@hottdoggu) reported@KiraVampwyr I’ve only ever used PayPal and never had any issues
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The Dude 🧲 (@TheDudeofDeFi) reported@base Every UI you’ve released thus far is pretty bad. Base app is terrible. Think PayPal, Venmo, Cashapp, Zelle etc. Simplicity leads to adoption.
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Mindful (@DeeperExistence) reported@xoxofromlia You saying that to me as if that’s a problem lmao only thing is I don’t have Cash App no more so PayPal or Zelle
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Gum (@Dm0n_H0gg) reportedI have resolved the paypal issue...
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Baz (@bazodub) reported@RedexLCO @Sozyuku yo i got 830 bucks for u when u fix ur paypal lmk when its fixed
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Maina Kiromo (@mpkiromo) reported@MrKimmKE Expound please. I have seen @PayPal remit $1,000 and more to users in Kenya. If you have personal issues with them, stop spoiling their good name.
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Jim Osman (@EdgeCGroup) reportedPayPal is down roughly 25% since I wrote this. The market is up more than 30%. That is not just underperformance. That is the market telling you something. In payments, scale used to be the moat. Now distribution, ecosystem control and consumer habit may matter more. Apple is not just competing with PayPal. It is changing the rules PayPal used to win under. $PYPL
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AmicuNoa🧜♀️🌊 Vtuber | Emote Comms OPEN (@AmicuNoa) reported@zachbussey Streamlabs doesn't have a safe payment for tipping. It's Paypal ONLY. And making a business paypal doesn't always work as over the 11 years I've streamed, every time I tried setting it up it still released your private information. Losing SEPay would be a MAJOR loss. I'm suspicious it's true they are going down because they have ignored 7 separate emails from shorting me on a sponsorship.
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Grow☘️ With Joshh (@TrinityFXB) reported@omoalhajaabiola @RaenestApp I am not the type to talk down on other brands but PayPal set a $20 benchmark of African transactions, $20! That is equivalent to writing a continent off but @RaenestApp puts us back in and I am all for anything that benefits and puts Africa back on the global map. 1/2...
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Rhyme 🐩💜 (COMM 3/5 SLOTS) (@TheNewRhyme) reportedKOFI IS GIVING ME SO MANY ISSUES ALL MY PAGES IMPOSSIBLE TO DONATE TO, Please help me through paypal if anyone could. i'm so stressed if anyone can help i would insanely appreciate it 😭😭
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Hao Jün (@haojun222) reportedi'm Malaysian, live between NYC, Dubai, Spain, and nomad. Earn in USD, invest globally, send MYR home, trade on hyperliquid last weekend i used: -Wise (1.5% fee) -Chase bank (slow + fee) -Binance (worse rate) -Paypal -Hyperliquid (separate wallet) Paypal took $40 from my mom's birthday transfer so I'm building @tachyon_fi one app for all of it, with one API to route between all routes
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mimi (@pvppyunhc) reported@mingihiko im too young for a paypal acc so maybe i could just have my friend login and send her the money for it idk😭
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kobbystone (@Kobbystone_1) reported@SIKAOFFICIAL1 Na so the reputation for the country dey spoil o, you won’t see it, and it with time it will be difficult for Ghanaians to access things internationally because these people spoil the Ghana name give we all, tight visa requirements then things, PayPal et al all no want come down
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𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖔𝖋𝖘𝖆𝖘𝖘 (@King0fsass) reported@Devmicsi I know it may not be acceptable but would you ever be okay if i pay with it with robux cause i sometimes cant use paypal due to issues my mom has had with it 🥹 i can message you on my alt if you like👉👈
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Support (@suport_Paypal) reported@MpPx111 Thank you for reaching out. We have received your complaint regarding your PayPal account and we are currently looking into the complaint and fix it as soon as possible. Kindly provide your email and phone number and the error screenshot by sending us a direct message here. Thank you.
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Briar🥀 (@witheredbriar) reportedUpdate on Commissions: I will be closing them for now due to issues with PayPal, once the issue is resolved, I will open up again
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Conte Risto (@accualyisyou) reported@AskPayPal When trying to cancel an order, I am forced into a login loop where I can't do anything within the app. The option doesn't exist on browser after I uninstalled the app, and my phone refuses to continue with it. I have been scammed out of £200 and can't do anything.
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Kirsty (@FoxesLikeToast) reported@cineworld I’ve had payment taken by PayPal but an error page saying there’s a problem with the payment? How do I know if the order is confirmed?
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yuhei (@yuhei_UbiGoreng) reportedI ******* hate paypal man everytime i tried to use it problems starts appearing out of nowhere, wdym "we stopped this payment to protect you from scam" bro. I havent used ts for like a week why does it suddenly flagged my payment??????????
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Lou Andreas Salome (@LaPetiteUmlaut) reported@AskPayPal Hey Thieves! I am awaiting a large refund for you that was ALREADY REFUNDED by the seller. I gave you the refund code and you keep leading me in senseless circles saying that the case was closed and no error or refund made. You are better than this--or so I thought!
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Halfcat_Here (@HalfcatH) reported@AskPayPal @PayPal I can't log in to my account, but I have all the proof of incoming transfers in my email. Please help me.When I try to contact customer service, it always directs me to the login page.
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PetiteNativee (@PetiteNativee) reportedWho's up? Down to paypal me for some ***? Dm me.