How to enable MFA for your PayPal account

What this guide will do

This guide will show you how to setup multi-factor authentication (MFA / 2FA) for your PayPal account. You can see our other guides for other websites.

Steps

1. Log into Paypal.com

2. In the upper right next to your name a dropdown menu will appear – select Profile Settings

3. In the middle of the page “2-step verification” is listed – press “update”

4. Open it up and select the authenticator app – then click “set it up”

5. Add the account and type the code back in to save it