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[SOLVED] Your account access is temporarily limited
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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When you get the dreadedYour account access is temporarily limitedPayPalemail, most of the time, it’s the beginning of the end of yourPayPalaccount. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
PayPalis the favorite payment method for most online shoppers as well as businesses. It simplifies transactions by only requiring the payer to enter his or her email address.
The simplicity and tons of other benefits are the reasons payers lovePayPal.
However, businesses don’t like leaving huge sums in theirPayPalaccounts because they know that they can be hit withYour account access is temporarily limitedemail at any time.
When you see this message, you won’t be able to carry out some basic actions on your account.
If the issue is not resolved, in time you will use access to all the funds stored in your account.
The only thing the message tells you for sure is that your account has activities or transactions that go out of line withPayPalpolicies.
What does it meanyour PayPal account is temporarily limited?
1. How can I resolve the Paypal account temporarily limited issue?
To resolve this issue, you will need to also understand the reasons for it occurring in the first place.
Here are the most possible reasons for which yourPayPalaccount could be temporarily limited:
Your account access can get temporarily limited also if you haven’t logged in to the account or carried out any transaction on it since your registration.
This is asecuritymeasure for dormant accounts.
Sometimes, your account access is temporarily limited byPayPalfor your own protection.
When the system notices that an unauthorized user logs in to your account, it limits your account from making transactions.
PayPal‘s system determines unauthorized access mostly when the login was from a foreign location.
If you’re going to travel out of your country, it’s best to letPayPalknow about it beforehand.
2. How to remove your account access is limited in PayPal
The same way the reasons for limitations vary, that’s how different the solutions are.
Thankfully, theYour account access is temporarily limitedemail hints on how to lift thePayPallimits for your unique case.
Some of the most common resolutions are as follows:
To lift the limits, you may be instructed to go to thePayPal Resolution Center. On this page, you will have more insight into the root of the problem.
The Resolution Center also tells you how you can remove the limits.
If the limitation was to protect your account, you may need to providePayPalwith some documents to prove that you are the legitimate owner of the account.
To do this, log in to yourPayPalaccount and click on theSummarytab.
On the Summary page, you will see a notification to inform you of this resolution. It also shows you the required steps and documents to provide.
Most times, the proof of identity could be a copy of a Government-issued ID card, such as driver’s license, international passport, or ID card.
Following these solutions or the advice you got fromPayPal, the account limitation should be resolved.
If you’ve completed the solutions and still have limits on yourPayPalaccount, check your inbox for an email fromPayPalrequesting for additional information.
Alternatively, your account access may be temporarily limited still because they are reviewing your submitted documents, and you just have to wait a little more.
If your submitted documents don’t passPayPal‘s review or the work in the Resolution Center fails, your account access won’t be temporarily limited but permanent, and you’ll not be able to access it again.
Milan Stanojevic
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
