Grant a third party permissions

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You can manually grant permission to a third party to access specific information in your PayPal account and perform PayPal API operations on your behalf.

You can manually grant permission to a third party to access specific information in your PayPal account and perform PayPal API operations on your behalf.Add New Third Party Permissions page.

Important: When you grant permissions to a third party, they can access your PayPal account information, make payments, issue refunds, search for transaction data, and more. PayPal recommends being selective in granting access to third parties.

To grant permissions to a third party:

Log in to PayPal with your Personal or Business account. If you do not have an account, create one.
Under Account & Security, click Account Access.
In the Selling online section, click Update next to API access. You can grant or update the NVP/SOAP API permissions to your third party.
On the API Access page, click Grant API Permission.
Enter the name of the user to whom you will grant permissions. If you do not know the third party's PayPal user name, contact the third party to request this information.
On the Add New Third Party Permissions page, select the types of permissions you want to grant to the third party and click Add.

Important: If you don't know which permissions to select, contact your shopping cart or solution provider for details. Grant only the permissions they need for the services that they provide.

The Manage Third Party Access page shows the granted permissions.

This product is deprecated and should not be used for new integrations. Use Payment Links and Buttons instead. For information about migrating, visit the Upgrade Hub.

You can manually grant permission to a third party to access specific information in your PayPal account and perform PayPal API operations on your behalf.

You can manually grant permission to a third party to access specific information in your PayPal account and perform PayPal API operations on your behalf.Add New Third Party Permissions page.

To grant permissions to a third party:

Log in to PayPal with your Personal or Business account. If you do not have an account, create one.
Under Account & Security, click Account Access.
In the Selling online section, click Update next to API access. You can grant or update the NVP/SOAP API permissions to your third party.
On the API Access page, click Grant API Permission.
Enter the name of the user to whom you will grant permissions. If you do not know the third party's PayPal user name, contact the third party to request this information.
On the Add New Third Party Permissions page, select the types of permissions you want to grant to the third party and click Add.

Important: If you don't know which permissions to select, contact your shopping cart or solution provider for details. Grant only the permissions they need for the services that they provide.

The Manage Third Party Access page shows the granted permissions.

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