Primary email address

Robinkima
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My primary email address no longer exists and PayPal will not allow me to change my primary address. Any suggestions?

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kernowlass
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@Robinkima 

 

Go and click on the profile tab (icon next to log out) > click on the + and add another/new email address first > verify it > go back and click on update and tick the box underneath that says make primary > then you should get the remove option by the old now no longer primary email. You can remove that one or leave it on as you can have up to 8 email addresses on the one paypal account.



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techhelpneeded1
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Hello,

 

I have the same problem, the following message appears: "You can't edit your primary email address".

There is no box that says "make primary". I have tried with Edge, Google because I have had issues on other websites that have been solved by using another browser but here the same message appears.

Has someone else encountered the same problem?

 

 

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kernowlass
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@techhelpneeded1 

 

You can't edit a primary email address which is why I gave you the process in my above post !!!


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techhelpneeded1
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Thank you for your reply. As I mentionned in my post no box that says "make primary" appears which is why I am asking here how I can solve this issue.

 

 

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techhelpneeded1
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It worked out, the box with the message appeared when I tried again after a short time.

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