Paypal is the widely used platform for accepting payments from worldwide. This is the most preferred platform for accepting payments for freelancers, bloggers, digital marketers etc.
Paypal allows you to add multiple bank accounts to receive your payments, but if you are an Indian user of Paypal then I am sure you already know that Paypal stopped manual payments on Indian accounts.
So, your Paypal money will automatically be transferred to your primary bank account after 24 hours. If you have multiple bank accounts added to your account then the money will be automatically transferred to the account that you selected as a Primary account.
But what if you don’t want to accept the payment in your current primary account because of any reason. Then in this case you need to change your primary account in your Paypal account before the money process for transfer.
If you don’t know the steps to change primary account in Paypal then don’t worry because I will be sharing the exact same thing in this post:
How To Change Primary Account In Paypal Personal Account?
Here are the steps that you can follow to change your primary bank account in Paypal:
Step 1: Go to Paypal.com and log in to your account using your registered email address and password.
Step 2: Click on the “My Account” and then click on the “Profile” option.
Step 3: Now select the “Add or Edit Bank Account” from the drop-down menu. You will see all the bank accounts connected to your Paypal account.
Step 4: Click on the “Make Primary” beside the account that you want to set as your primary account for automatic payments.
That’s it! This is how you can change your primary account to Paypal personal account.
Also read: How Do I Change Primary Account On Paypal? Easy Steps
How To Change Primary Account In Paypal Business Account?
If you have a business account in Paypal then you can easily change your primary account by following the below steps:
Step 1: Go to Paypal.com and log in to your Paypal Business account for which you want to change your primary bank account.
Step 2: Click on your account name on the right-top corner, it will show you some options. Click on the “Account Settings”.
Step 3: Now go to “Money, banks and cards” under the business profile section. You will see all the bank accounts connected to your account.
Step 4: Click on the “Edit” beside of account that you want to make the primary account and receive your automated payments into.
Step 5: Under the “Automatic Transfer”, click on the “Update”.
Step 6: It will show you all your connected account to choose your primary account. Choose the account that you want to make your primary account for automatic transfers and hit the Save button.
Once you select the account and hit the Save, your primary account will be changed successfully.
If you have a business account then you can easily change your primary account for automatic transfer using the above steps.
I have shared the exact steps that one need to change the primary bank account on Paypal. If you have a personal Paypal account then consider following the first method, otherwise the second will work for you for a business account.
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I am not seeing a “Make Primary” option button at all.