How do I reactivate an inactive payment?
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Hello,
I set a payment to inactive and I'd like to reactivate it, if possible. It wasn't automatic payment, but i can't find the pre-approved payments list and I dont know how to make it active again. Can anyone give me a hand? This is for a personal account.
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Log in to your PayPal account.
Click the Gear near the top right of the page.
Click Payments.
Click 'Manage pre-approved payments'.
Click 'Show Inactive'.
Click the name of the customer whose profile you want to reactivate.
Click Reactivate. - EXCEPT THE BUTTON DOES NOT EXIST,
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There's no option in the phone app to even view inactive payments.
I've lodged a query with support and will update.
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Ok. Looks like you have todo it from the merchant side.
Your paypal payment method may show as declined if they've tried to take a payment since you deactivated it.
Either way you need to basically reselect PayPal as payment method... Try something like "Log in with a different account" and log back in with same PayPal account. Worked for me.
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Ok. Looks like you have todo it from the merchant side.
Your paypal payment method may show as declined if they've tried to take a payment since you deactivated it.
Either way you need to basically reselect PayPal as payment method... Try something like "Log in with a different account" and log back in with same PayPal account. Worked for me.

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