How do I disable the ability for others to find me via email or phone number?
BlueCake
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Feb-24-2023
01:05 AM
I’m unable to find the feature after I created a new account, but it was there in my old account that I closed. Funnily enough, I was able to properly add in a direct deposit on new account, but all in all it seems that creating a new account just removes features that was in the old one. All that I’m worried about now however is being able to change the feature of people finding my PayPal by looking up with my email and such
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sharpiemarker
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Feb-24-2023
01:59 AM
Go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Search Privacy
Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂

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