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How to change your primary address on PayPal in 3 steps

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It's easy to change your primary address on PayPal, which acts as your shipping address. Shutterstock
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Your PayPal primary address will be your shipping address — it's the location where items you've paid for with PayPal will be sent, unless you have made other special arrangements. 

If you move to a new home, a new town, or an entirely new state, it's pretty important that you change your PayPal primary address to reflect the new spot.

Changing your PayPal shipping address will take just a few minutes. Here's how to do it.

How to change your primary address on PayPal

1. Log into your PayPal account and click on the "Settings" icon (the gear) at the top right corner of the screen.

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Click on the Settings icon.  Steven John/Business Insider

2. Click "Manage all addresses" in the window near the top right corner of the Settings page.

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You can have multiple physical addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.  Steven John/Business Insider

3. Click to add a new address, then hit "Set as primary" (or change any existing address to your shipping location by hitting "Set as primary" beside it.)

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Your primary address may differ from your billing address, which is attached to your payment information.  Steven John/Business Insider

Your will see a green check mark at the top of the screen with the note "You changed your primary address."

Note that you cannot change your primary address to one in another country; when moving internationally, you will have to close your PayPal account and start a new one.

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.