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How to change your name with PayPal
Married or divorced and updating your accounts? Here's how PayPal takes a name change, from its own help page.
HowOnline or in the app
By mailNo: use their steps
PayPal's steps
Go to Settings, choose Change name, pick a legal name change, and upload photos of your ID when asked.
Have these ready
- A copy of your marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order (most companies ask for one).
- Your updated driver's license or ID, if you have it. Social Security comes first, then the DMV.
- Your account number, and the name the account is in now.
Let Sasha handle the letters
Sasha writes and signs your name change letter for PayPal and every other company on your list, with your certificate attached. It also keeps track of who's done. The checklist is free.
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Checked against PayPal's own page in October 2026. Companies change their process; confirm on their site or by phone before you send anything. Sasha isn't affiliated with PayPal.