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Convert PayPal bank statements to CSV or Excel
Turn PayPal statement exports — PDF or CSV — into clean CSV, Excel, QIF, OFX or JSON. Unlike a plain converter, every transaction comes back matched to a real merchant name with category and confidence, and subscriptions, recurring charges and bank fees are detected automatically.
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Getting your statement out of PayPal
PayPal offers two distinct exports: formal monthly statements and a far more detailed Activity Download report you build yourself with custom date ranges and formats. The Activity Download is the richest export of any money app, with dozens of selectable columns including gross, fee, and net amounts per transaction.
Download an Activity report (custom date range, CSV)
- Log in to PayPal on the web and open your Activity/History section.
- Use the download option (or go to Reports > Activity download on business accounts).
- Choose the transaction type — 'Balance affecting' covers payments that moved money.
- Set your date range (up to 12 months per request).
- Pick CSV as the format and create the report, then download it when it finishes.
Small reports generate immediately; large history logs can take up to 5 business days.
Download monthly statements
- Log in on the web and go to paypal.com/reports/accountStatements.
- Click Request next to the month you want.
- Download the statement once it's prepared.
PayPal Credit / PayPal card statements
- From your account, open the PayPal Credit or card tile.
- Select Statements.
- Choose the month and download.
Menu wording shifts between app versions; the destinations above stay stable — confirm against PayPal's official help. Statements up to 5 MB / 5,000 rows are supported; card numbers are redacted before storage, the original file is deleted within 24 hours, and reports stay in your dashboard only as long as your plan keeps them.
What PayPal gives you natively
PayPal supports PDF, CSV, TAB, Quicken (QIF), and QuickBooks (IIF) downloads. The Activity Download CSV is the detailed one: default columns include Date, Time, TimeZone, Name, Type, Status, Currency, Gross, Fee, Net, From and To Email Address, Transaction ID, Reference Transaction ID, Receipt ID, Balance, Subject, Note, address fields, Payment Source, Card Type, and Balance Impact — and PayPal documents 87 selectable fields in total. A CSV or TAB report maxes out at 50,000 records; anything larger is split into multiple files delivered as a ZIP.
How far back you can go
PayPal officially lets you download transaction activity for up to the past 7 years, in requests covering up to 12 months of activity at a time. That makes PayPal one of the deepest official history windows among money apps — you just may need to run several 12-month reports to cover it all.
PayPal statement quirks worth knowing
- On your bank or card statement, PayPal purchases usually appear as 'PAYPAL *MERCHANT' — the merchant name rides behind the PayPal prefix, which is why unrecognized charges are so common.
- Inside the Activity CSV, every transaction carries Gross, Fee, and Net columns — for sellers, the amount that hit the balance (Net) differs from what the customer paid (Gross), and reconciling against a bank deposit means using Net.
- P2P transfers, merchant payments, currency conversions, holds, and refunds all share one file, distinguished only by the Type and Balance Impact columns — filtering by 'Balance affecting' when you build the report keeps memo-only rows out.
- Currency conversions appear as paired rows (one out, one in), so a single foreign purchase can show as three lines in the CSV.
Don't just convert it — understand it
The same upload also produces a full analysis of your PayPalstatement: every merchant identified with confidence levels, subscriptions with renewal estimates and yearly cost, duplicate and price-rise flags, bank & FX fees, and a printable report. That's the part a plain converter can't do.
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Convert your statement — and understand it too
A free account converts a statement page every day to CSV, Excel, QIF or OFX — with every transaction matched to a real merchant name, not a cryptic descriptor. No card required; files deleted after 24 hours.
No bank logins · card numbers redacted before storage · everything deleted after 24 hours
Frequently asked questions
How do I download my PayPal transaction history as a CSV?
Log in on the web, open Activity, use the download/report option, choose 'Balance affecting' transactions, set a date range up to 12 months, pick CSV, and create the report.
How far back can I get PayPal statements?
Up to 7 years of activity, requested in chunks of up to 12 months at a time.
What do Gross, Fee, and Net mean in the PayPal CSV?
Gross is the full transaction amount, Fee is what PayPal deducted, and Net is what actually hit your balance. Reconcile bank deposits against Net.
Why is my PayPal CSV split into multiple files?
CSV and TAB reports cap at 50,000 records. Bigger reports are split across files and delivered as a ZIP.
How do I convert a PayPal statement to CSV or Excel?
Download a statement from your PayPal app or online banking (PDF or CSV both work), upload it above, and download the result as CSV, Excel, QIF, OFX or JSON. Every transaction is parsed, and merchants are identified automatically.
Does it work with PayPal PDF statements?
Yes. Structured exports are parsed exactly; PDF layouts go through AI structure analysis, and scanned PDFs are read page-by-page with AI vision — every date and amount is re-validated by code afterwards.
Is my statement safe?
Card and account numbers are redacted before anything is stored, the original file is deleted within 24 hours on every plan, analysed reports stay in your dashboard only for your plan's retention period (24 hours on Free), and we never ask for your bank login.
Is it free?
Converting a statement is free with an account (1 page per 24 hours). Paid plans add more pages, bulk uploads and AI web research on stubborn merchants.