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Is PayPal down?
Up · checkedNo, PayPal is not down right now: paypal.com answered our check at 23:22 UTC.
PayPal is an online payment service.
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PayPal is up
paypal.com answered our last check in 1334 ms. No problems found.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 200 · 1334 ms
- Checked from
- London, New York and Stockholm
- Uptime since 16 Oct
- 100%
PayPal’s status page can’t be read automatically.
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Having problems with PayPal?
Tell us what isn’t working. Reports are anonymous and show up here within about a minute, so everyone can see whether PayPal is failing for others too.
What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with PayPal reported in the last 24 hours.
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PayPal not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when PayPal fails for you while it works for others.
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“We aren’t able to process your payment”
Try another funding source in the PayPal wallet, or contact the card issuer. Problems for everyone show on PayPal’s status page.
Can’t log in or the code doesn’t arrive
Use “Having trouble logging in?”, and check that the phone number on the account is current.
The PayPal button doesn’t show on a shop
The shop’s checkout loads PayPal’s scripts; ad blockers and strict privacy settings can hide the button.
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PayPal response time
How long paypal.com took to answer our checks from London, New York and Stockholm, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 614 ms
- Slowest
- 1021 ms
- Failed checks
- 0
//_04 Uptime
PayPal uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 16 Oct
- 100%
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Recent PayPal outages
Since we started checking PayPal on 16 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found PayPal down.
- Outages in our checks, since 16 Oct
- 0
- Downtime, since 16 Oct
- None
- Longest outage
- –
- Checked since
- 16 Oct 2026
Outage timeline
No outages of PayPal, in our checks or on its status page, since we started checking it on 16 Oct 2026.
Open on PayPal’s status page
PayPal publishes incidents on its own status page, which we link to above.
Every PayPal outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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About PayPal outages
Is PayPal down right now?
No, PayPal is not down right now: paypal.com answered our check at 23:22 UTC.
When was PayPal last down?
Our checks haven’t found PayPal down since we started checking it on 16 Oct 2026.
How often does PayPal go down?
Since we started checking PayPal on 16 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found PayPal down.
How does Uptimecheck check PayPal?
We request https://www.paypal.com/ every 2 minutes from London, New York and Stockholm. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it.
What can I do when PayPal is down?
Check PayPal’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If paypal.com works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on PayPal, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is PayPal not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that paypal.com answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break PayPal for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when PayPal goes down?
PayPal has no status page we can read, so bookmark this page. For your own websites and APIs, Uptimecheck checks as often as every minute and alerts you by email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, push or webhook.
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