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.
April 30: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 10:40 PM 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 (45%)
- Errors (35%)
- Website Down (20%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Bedford
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Sign in | 1 minute ago |
 Kassel
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Sign in | 23 hours ago |
 Paris
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Website Down | 2 days ago |
 Peyton
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Errors | 2 days ago |
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Paris
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Website Down | 3 days ago |
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Township of Evan
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Errors | 3 days ago |
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Community Discussion
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Misbah khan (@Misbahkn) reportedMr. Saif, people of KPK and Pakistan have already answered on 8th Feb. During your tenure, internet stayed down, freelancers suffered, X was banned, and PayPal promise was never fulfilled. Stop misleading people—the public knows the truth.@umarsaif
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angel #48 (@acidangelafrica) reported@ningtheactivist a lot of people use paypal in the uk this may be a you issue
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gavriel amati (@AmatiGavriel) reported@AskPayPal I need urgent help with a payment issue. A client payment was reversed due to a system glitch and I need to fix my account status ASAP. Can you help me out?
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n. 🪩 (@satellitenicole) reportedalso willing to maybe negotiate down price for just a direct transfer with paypal g&s 🫡
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Cats-a-Tonic (@Cats_a_Tonic) reportedSuch an absolutely stupid system of "support". Cannot log into my account as I lost phone and have a whole new phone and contact number. SHOULD be simple to fix this but keep being directed to customer support INSIDE MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT. @PayPalUK @PayPal @AskPayPal
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Oreo Goreng (@oreogoreng_21) reportedOH and IM SORRY BUT IM INDONESIAN, I cant pay you with paypal (i dont have one anyways) So I can only pay indonesian authors! Thank you~ I kinda dont want my main acc oomfs finding out how down bad im for Leon so i drop this in my 2nd acc instead... But i swear im not shady...
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StrobaCat (@StrobaCat2) reported@theghostofabb @neverwaslogan @BLOX Condos arent going away this is just screwing up small devs Condos make a **** ton of money from boosts and donations through paypal lol If roblox really wanted to take down most condos first sue and then sue discord for allowing it too.
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Leger B. Dantes (@BlackLeger) reported@MotherMuchy2 @Eatingdove The main problem is that if she was a minor, she cannot have an account on a payment platform like Paypal, Kofi, etc. And those that are allowed only permit a minor to have them if they are linked to their parents' bank account, who would receive alerts about their transactions.
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Marc Compher (@xzippyx19) reported@Uber_Support on 4/24 I tried to cash out to PayPal & it ran into issues & my balance disappeared. I was sent from a live chat to a “response in 6-12 hours”. The issue hasn’t been resolved and every reply is from a different person
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Siphesihle (@TSS_RSA) reported@presh_rabbit FNB literally has PayPal in their app So you don't even need to login via PayPal to do transactions You can do them directly from the FNB app Like withdrawing and depositing
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Arnab Chatterjee (@Chatterjee_arn) reportedVisa. Mastercard. Stripe. PayPal. Shopify. These are not crypto startups. They are the rails the global economy runs on. Combined, they process trillions of dollars annually across hundreds of millions of users and merchants. Every single one of them is moving to stablecoins. Not as a pilot. Not as a press release. As infrastructure. Visa has integrated stablecoins directly into its settlement layer. Issuers can now settle obligations in USDC rather than via ACH or wire. 24/7 settlement. No weekend liquidity gaps. By late 2025, Visa was processing $3.5 billion in annualized stablecoin settlement volume. Mastercard linked stablecoin-funded wallets to its card network. PayPal launched its own stablecoin. Stripe built stablecoin financial accounts for businesses across 100 countries and acquired Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure platform, for $1.1 billion. Shopify enabled USDC payments for merchants with no foreign transaction fees. Six in ten Fortune 500 executives are now developing blockchain initiatives. This is not ideology. It is procurement. But settlement speed and FX efficiency are only the first layer. The more significant opportunity sits in what happens to money between the moment it is earned and the moment it is spent. In the legacy system, that float earns nothing. It sits in a payroll account, a platform wallet, or a bank balance with zero yield attached. Yield-to-Pay changes that equation. Stablecoin rails allow idle balances to be routed into yield-bearing positions automatically, at the infrastructure layer, before payout. The worker earns on the float. The merchant earns on the float. The platform earns on the float. No action required from any of them. This is not a feature. It is a structural shift in how payment infrastructure creates value. Every dollar in transit becomes a productive asset rather than a dormant one. The reason every major platform is moving is the same in every case. Legacy rails were built for domestic transactions, business-day settlement windows, and single-currency payroll. Stablecoin rails solve the problem that actually exists. Instant settlement. No FX leakage. Yield on every dollar in motion. When Visa moves, it is not a signal that crypto is going mainstream. It is a signal that the old infrastructure lost the cost argument. And the yield argument. And the speed argument.
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Paul Michael Pineda (@paulmpineda) reported@xatacrypt @Chance_ Stripe would breath life in to PayPal! Hope it happens. The PayPal app feels broken sometimes.
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SEAL !!! (@ssvnrays) reportedmmm if this paypal issue doesnt resolve i might need to do emergency commissions ;;;
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ral kumar (@keral1955) reported@PayPal @EnriqueJLores Today, thousands of customers R sharing complaints on X every day,a clear sign that the support system needs improvement. The message to corporate CEO @EnriqueJLores :Treat customer issues as a responsibility,not a case number. Fast & honest resolution builds trust #CustomerFirst
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JuneChristina |Support Me on Ko-fi| Shop| VGen (@JuneChristinaa) reported@amribxl I have noticed that those who had this issue started sending donations via Ko-fi or PayPal to ensure their donos went through. You can always check if the people you are donating to have something like that.
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PforPius🇬🇭 (@P_forpius) reportedWhen is PayPal coming to Ghana ? These are the issues we need you to continuously address but you would rather ignore that and do agenda on X.
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GIZMO (@Gizmonation) reportedHands down @PayPal has one of the ugliest credit cards do better @Mastercard
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U (@Uzwzp63636) reported@acce @noyesclt @sytaylor I have followed your work at PayPal very closely, and in my opinion, you have done a terrible job. It would not be human nature for you to admit your own mistakes, execution has only been empty words interpreted professionally!
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Geert Jan Sloos (@geertjansloos) reported@levelsio Login with PayPal as a third onboarding option. ~3 hours, guess he will finish it in 10 minutes haha
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Brayden Sylva (@BraydenSylva) reportedA lot of people let me down today in regards to paying me. I'm pissed and I need $60 ASAP. I'll delete this tweet when I get that. Please retweet. Venmo: Brayden-Sylva PayPal: BraydenSylva
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Ameerah (@AmeerahMuslim) reported@AskPayPal I still never got my new card in the mail that you guys sent me an email saying you sent out over 4 weeks ago. What is the issue ? I called customer service and everything I could think of and got 0 help
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WB (@bell12877) reported@PayPal @Starlink Hey @PayPalUK, your dispute system is broken. A seller is offering a £35 refund but requiring me to return a £130 watch. Your agent Ayesha says 'Full Refund' but the screen says £35. This is facilitating merchant fraud.
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YaBoiHT (@TheGamerr04) reported@mike_mogel @DanYunIsTrying Yes but I’m not using PayPal cuz I’ve heard there can be issues with preorders.
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BGC Prince County - Summerside Club (@bgcSummerside) reportedApril 29th, 2026 Ken's No Frills BGCPC Summerside GoldRush Draw Results: #5496 Non-Winner $10,523 *NEW AUTO-RENEWAL FEATURE NOW AVAILABLE* (this feature is only available for the PayPal, Credit Card, and VISA debit option) Keep forgetting when it is time to sign in again? With
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xpaml (@jstalloser) reported@AskPayPal I am writing to formally escalate my issue regarding the limitation placed on my account and the inability to access my funds. I would like to clearly state that I have not engaged in any activity that violates PayPal’s policies.
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Jimmy Smith (@askjimmysmith) reportedShopify settlements take 3 to 5 business days. PayPal holds can run longer. If you're managing multiple platforms and buying on net 30 terms, the timing mismatch alone creates a cash flow problem even when everything is going well.
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TraderTV Research (@ttvresearch) reported$PYPL PUMP! PayPal is pushing SHARPLY higher on a CNBC report suggesting that new CEO Enrique Lores plans on separating Venmo into its own business unit! This could make the Venmo business easier to sell later down the line. @tradertvlive $SPY $QQQ @paypal @EnriqueJLores
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Herbert Yang (@herbertyang) reportedHow to use ICP to top up @ProtonMail account: I switched to Switzerland-based Proton about 10 years ago from Gmail as part of the effort to de-google myself. Among Proton's many great features, one of them is that it accepts crypto payment in $BTC . For an #ICP user, this is how you can take advantage of this to use ICP to pay for Proton services. 1/ In your @oisy wallet (the best ICP wallet, built by @dfinity team), convert $ICP into $ckBTC . As both are using ICP's ICRC standard, the conversion is instant and has no gas fee. 2/ In Oisy's BTC asset, which includes both the native BTC and ckBTC (in an account abstraction fashion), choose ckBTC, and then convert $ckBTC into $BTC. This step will require the standard block confirmation on the BTC mainnet. 3/ In the Proton account, All Settings => Credits => Add Credits, pick the dollar amount. Proton will provide the needed BTC amount and a BTC address (this address is regenerated every time, not a static one). 4/ In Oisy, send over this amount of BTC to the Proton address. Proton will show something like, "your credit is received ...". This "Add credits" pop-up window will disappear. When the BTC's mainnet confirmation is finished (30-60 minutes), the "Credits" section will display the updated balance from the BTC top-up, and Proton will automatically deduct the monthly fee from this balance on the due date. This is almost perfect, except that Proton does not support a yearly subscription with BTC yet - i. e., you can only pay BTC as you go month to month (but it's automatic deduction, so it's good enough), not in an annual plan fashion, which can save 20-30%. Why go through the trouble of using BTC/ICP but not a credit card or PayPal? No KYC, love. Total anonymity.
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Afrahsgoodfriend (@AfrahGoodFriend) reported@AskPayPal Personal account limited due to technical error. I was incorrectly flagged as 'High Tier' merchant with $0 disputes. Chat agents Aya & Siwar noted the error but couldn't fix it. Requesting human review of this misclassification for my verified account. Help!
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Fraktyr (@Gr_immi) reported@esbellesantos I was using PayPal for awhile but switched to using Stripe. For new accounts there is a 7 day hold so they confirm your bank info. But I haven't had any problems with it.