Hi @Emu-95,

Welcome to the PayPal Community and thank you for your post!
 

I do understand your concern with this. When you attempt to make a payment, the amount can be temporarily charged to your bank/card. This is an authorization charge. 
 

The authorization charge will remain pending until the merchant accepts/processed your order. As you mentioned that the authorization has disappeared from your PayPal Activity, this would mean that the authorization expired, and the merchant did not accept it. Therefore, you will not be charged for this order. 

An Authorization is just a temporary charge. This means you won't see a refund in your bank account. The charge will simply be removed from your bank, and the funds would be returned to your available balance. This should reflect on your bank balance within 72 hours.

I hope this helps!
 

- Rachel