You cannot completely change your PayPal user name. You can only change a maximum of two characters of the account name once.
Changing your PayPal username: What you should know
PayPal is a free financial service that is suitable for processing transfers and online purchases. With your own PayPal account, you can pay for your digital purchases quickly and easily.
- At PayPal, every user has a username. The username is particularly important if you want to process payments using PayPal directly via a link.
- The function for changing the user name is very limited at PayPal. This is primarily intended to protect PayPal users from misuse of their user accounts.
- There is therefore no way to change the user name of your own user account in the PayPal app. However, if you open your PayPal account in the browser and log in to your account, you can change two characters of your entire user name once.
How to change your PayPal account name
The username of a PayPal account can only be changed once after the account is opened. This means that it is not possible to replace the account name with another person's name. However, an important or legal name change is possible if you upload the relevant documents.
- You can change your username quickly in just a few steps. Please note, however, that you can only change a maximum of two characters of the name in your account.
- To make a name change, first log in to your PayPal account in the browser. Then open the settings and click on “Change name”.
- Now select the type of name change. Follow the further instructions on your screen. Then click on “Next” or “Update name”.
- In some cases, you will be asked to upload additional documentation. Often this will be a valid photo of your ID card. Before uploading, you should make sure that your ID card is not expired.