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PayPal: see how much data you have, then export it.
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PayPal
Commerce & payments
How to see how much data is in PayPal
- Sign in to paypal.com
- Open Activity and note how far back your account history goes
- Go to Statements and note how many monthly statements are available
- Optionally download one year of activity to see the file size
PayPal shows no total count or size; record the years of activity and monthly statements (downloads are limited to 12 months per request).
PayPal’s official instructions
How to get a copy of your PayPal data
- Sign in to your PayPal business account
- Go to Activity (History)
- Click the Download icon → Custom
- Choose the report, a date range up to 12 months, and CSV
- Download when ready
On paypal.com, go to Activity (History), click the Download icon → Custom, choose a report, and pick CSV, TAB, PDF, Quicken or QuickBooks. You can go back up to seven years.
Each request covers at most 12 months, so pull a year at a time; large files can take up to 5 business days.
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