PayPal has a block option that allows you to prevent customers or persons from making payments to your account.
This block action can be made if you’ve had a dispute with the person and no longer want to do business with them. Or perhaps you’ve received unsolicited or spam payment requests from someone you don’t know.
While, blocking someone on PayPal is as simple as ABC, not every user knows how to achieve that successfully.
In this article, I’ll show you how to successfully block someone on PayPal.
How do I block someone on PayPal?
Whether you’re making use of the mobile app or the web version, they’re always a place for you to block someone.
Block Someone from PayPal Web
For those who make use of the PayPal web, here’s how to block someone.
- Log in to your PayPal via the web
- Click on send and request
- You should see a list of contact with whom you’ve received payment or requests from.
- Find and select the user you want to block
- Click on “Block this contact” and click “Block” on any prompt to complete.
This is the fastest way to block a user on the PayPal web.
Block someone on PayPal App
This guide shows you how to block someone on PayPal using the app.
- Open the PayPal app and login
- Tap on the send button
- From your contacts, find the person you want to block
- Tap the 3 dots close to their display name
- Click on Block
- To confirm, click “Block” again on the prompt.
That’s it.
The blocked user won’t be able to send, request, or message your account again until you possibly unblock them.
It’s worth noting that blocking someone on PayPal does not prevent them from creating a new account and attempting to contact you again.
If you want to take more drastic action, you can report the person to PayPal through the “Resolution Center.” Or “Message.” This will allow PayPal to investigate the matter and potentially take further action if necessary.
Paypal has also provided a link to enable users to report a violation of their policy. You can use that to report the user instead.
FAQs
Can I block someone from requesting money on PayPal?
Yes, to block someone from requesting money on PayPal; you can either accept requests in certain currencies or block the account upon the first request.
Can you block someone from sending you money?
Blocking someone from sending you money is only possible if you’ve had deals before.
You can make use of the block option and the person won’t be able to send, request, or send messages to you on PayPal again.
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