How do I cancel a pending or unclaimed PayPal payment?

Follow the below steps to cancel a pending or unclaimed PayPal payment: From your PayPal dashboard, locate the payment you want to reverse on the Summary page and select it. You're taken to its Transaction details page. At the top of the page should be the phrase Payment status.

How do I cancel a PayPal payment?

Or the recipient may need to set up a PayPal account or verify their account for the payment to complete. You have the option to cancel the payment. To cancel an unclaimed payment on the web: Go to Activity. Click Cancel under the payment in question. Follow the steps to cancel the payment.

How do I cancel a payment?

Click Activity at the top of the window. Click on the payment you want to cancel. It must be under the "Pending" section of the Activity tab. If the payment you want to cancel is in the “Completed” section of the Activity tab, the payee has already received the payment, and it cannot be canceled or refunded.