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Check the account transaction activity after the PayPal login
To keep a check on your spending and monitor your transaction activities, it is a must that you regularly view your transaction history. This, not only will help you in the said cases but also lets you ensure that nobody has made any kind of unauthorized transactions through your account. If you come across any such transactions, it is possible that someone else has access to your PayPal login credentials other than you.
Thus, in today's post, we shall take a look at different ways through which this can be ensured. So, continue to read this article till the last and take a quick walk through the process.
Different ways to fetch the transaction history in Paypal Login
Here, we have given a brief of the available methods through which the transaction history can be traced:
Through email notifications sent by PayPal
By navigating to the activity table after the PayPal login
And, by downloading the history logs
Apart from that, whenever you make a transaction through your PayPal account, you will be able to view an instant payment notification which can be found in your SMS inbox.
Fetching payment history through email notification
Through email notifications, you can view the transaction history or received, canceled as well as pending payments made through your PayPal login account. To check these transactions, you simply need to sign in to the registered email account and then sort emails received by PayPal.
Steps to fetch transaction history through the activity table
Right after you make a transaction using PayPal, you can view it by navigating to the "Recent" activity tab which is available on the "Summary" page of your PayPal account. Take a look at the steps that you need to follow to get your hands on the details:
Sign in with the true PayPal login credentials
Now, you'll see the "Summary" page in which the "Recent Activity" table would be included
It will show you the activity of the last 30 days
You can click on the "Table" heading to filter a specific type of transaction
Else, click on the "More" option to open the activity tab
The available options are "Active", "All Transactions" and "All Currencies"
After making a selection, the transaction status could be one of the following: Completed/ Cleared/ Uncleared
Steps to download the "History" logs
The transactions made through your PayPal account can also be downloaded for a specific date. There are also the options to choose the file type of your download along with some other specifications. Here are the steps you can follow to download the history log:
Sign in with the apt PayPal login credentials
Now, navigate to the top of the page and select "Activity"
Move to the right of the page and select "Download"
On the appearing page, enter the Custom Date Range
Choose whether you wish to view the shopping cart details
Next, choose whether you wish to customize the download fields
Then, select the file type for download
Finally, select the "Download History" option and then wait for the file to download
Conclusion
Summing up this read, we can say that PayPal tries its best to make itself an easy-to-use and convenient financial solution for beginners. In case you were having some doubts regarding the transaction history on PayPal, then you need to make sure that you follow all the given steps in the correct order, as I have explained in the section above. Also, if you come across any suspicious activity or an unauthorized transaction, then you should change your PayPal login credentials immediately.