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title: Link PayPal
description: Take tips through PayPal - just enter the email of the account that should receive the money.
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PayPal setup is one field: the email of the PayPal account that should receive tips. No OAuth, no redirect - tips are paid straight into that PayPal account.

1. **Open Settings, Payments**

    Go to **Settings**, then the **Payments** tab, and find the PayPal panel.

2. **Enter your PayPal email**

    Type the email of the PayPal account that should receive the money and hit **Save**.

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:::warning[Use a Business account]
Tippers see your PayPal account name on their receipt. On a personal PayPal account that's your legal name - on a Business account it's your streamer name. If privacy matters to you, make it a Business account before you link it.
:::

## Three things to know

- **The email isn't verified up front.** The first real tip is the test - if the email has a typo or can't receive payments, tips fail on the viewer's side. Triple-check it, then [send yourself a small tip](/alerts/test-alerts) to be sure.
- **PayPal is the less private option, in both directions.** PayPal payments are direct between two PayPal accounts, so PayPal shows each side the other's details: you see the tipper's name and email in your PayPal activity, and they see your account name on their receipt. [Stripe doesn't work that way](/privacy) - the full picture is on the privacy page.
- **We still recommend Stripe.** Beyond privacy, PayPal disputes are easier to abuse, and banned donors can't be stopped before they're charged like [card tips can](/payments/getting-paid#how-a-card-tip-is-charged). If you run both, you pick which one is active on your tip page - the **Active on your tipping page** selector appears when both are connected.

## Disconnecting

**Disconnect** in the PayPal panel removes the email. If Stripe is connected it takes over; otherwise tipping is off until you connect a processor.