How To Remove Bank Account From Paytm
If you have ever used your Paytm account to make payments at any website or application then you must know that they save your Paytm details for future transactions. And if you wish to remove your link Paytm account then you can also do that by going into the Payment setting option of that website or application but there are many websites which don’t allow you to remove your wallet Payment options like Flipkart, Hence it increases the risk of unwanted or fraud orders from your Paytm account.
Recently I’ve added my own Paytm account as a Payment option on Flipkart online market place and there was no option to remove that. Hence I started searching for ways using which I can unlink my Paytm account from Flipkart.
Steps to Remove Primary Account In Paytm. If you wish to remove the existing primary account number from the Paytm UPI, you need to follow the below procedure. Open the Paytm app on your device. Now, tap on your profile icon and then tap on “Settings“. Now, tap on “Payment Settings“. And then open “Saved Payment Details“. Steps to close your account Step 1: Login to Paytm with your old phone number. Step 2: On the home screen, click on “☰” at the top left corner. Step 3: Go to 24×7 Help. Step 4: Go to ‘Profile Settings’. Step 5: Select ‘I need to close/delete my account’. Step 6: Select ‘I don’t use this Paytm.
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Unlink Paytm account from any website/ app
Removing the Paytm account from the website or app ensures the safety of your available wallet balance. Although there are many benefits of linking Paytm as a payment option if for some reason you want to remove it then we have written a guide on it below.
Benefits of using Paytm as a Payment option-
There are many benefits of using Paytm as a Payment option on merchant websites or applications.
- Instant Payment
- No need to insert debit/ credit card details
- No need to remember password
- Takes less time to place a prepaid order
- Good use of your wallet balance
In today’s informational guide on how to unlink the Paytm account from the website, we will use the official Paytm app to delink Paytm as a payment option from the apps. The process to unlink your Paytm account from different apps and websites are very easy.
Using this guide you would be able to know all the apps and websites where your Paytm account is linked to make the payment so you can check that also and delete your Paytm account from there.
Step by step guide to delink your Paytm account
Follow the below steps
1- First of all download the Paytm application on your mobile phone if you haven’t yet- Click Here
2- Login with your Paytm account
3- Open the app
4- On the dashboard of the app click on Profile from the top left corner
5- Select Settings
6- After that select Payment settings like the image below
7- After that, you will see a few options, Now select Apps linked with Paytm account
8- Now you will see a list of all the websites and applications which are linked to your Paytm account.
9- To delink any website or app you should click on Delink
10- A confirmation popup will appear.
11- Click on the yes button and the website will be unlinked from your Paytm account.
Congratulations you have just unlinked your Paytm account from Flipkart. To unlink another other website or app you just need to follow the same instructions.
In the future, if you make payment using your Paytm account and you want to ensure that your Paytm details are not saved there then follow the instructions above.
Final Words- So, This was the article to unlink your Paytm account, We will update more ways in the future so that you can follow the same to unlink your Paytm account. We hope that this guide has helped you in unlinking your Paytm account from other apps. Now you don’t need to search unlink your Paytm account separetly from different sites. You just need to use one source to do it.
Paytm UPI is a new way to send money from one bank account to another bank account. You just need to link your Bank account with Paytm UPI and then start sending money to any Bank account or UPI ID which is linked with the person’s Bank account.
You can also pay online directly from your account to any e-commerce website using UPI address which linked with your bank account, so you don’t need login net banking or enter Debit card or credit card details.
If you already registered your Bank account with Paytm UPI and want to deregister your UPI profile from Paytm then follow these easy steps mentioned below.
You just need to delink your Bank account from Paytm to deactivate your UPI profile.
Before you start, please note that all your UPI transactions history, UPI address and all information removed from your Paytm UPI profile. One more thing is that you can not create the same UPI address after deleting your account.
Delete Paytm UPI Account
If you are using another UPI application and wish to remove Paytm UPI account then here are steps:
Step 1: Login to Paytm application and tap on UPI section.
Step 2: Next screen you can see your UPI account (Linked bank account and UPI ID). Simply tap on three vertical dots on the top (right side) as you can see below screenshot. You can see now “Deregister UPI Profile” option, tap on it.
Now confirm your request and tap on OK.
Done! your Paytm UPI account deleted successfully.
You can again link your Bank account and Create UPI profile but all previous account information cannot be retrieved. If you are deleting your account to change UPI address then let me tell you can change Paytm UPI address without deleting the account, follow this process:
- Related Article:How to Change Paytm UPI address
How to re-activate again?
How To Remove Bank Account From Paytm Money
If you wish to re-activate your UPI profile in Paytm then you just need to verify your mobile number again. After re-activate UPI profile, your bank account linked with Paytm UPI will be restored.
Paytm Bank Account
- Tap on UPI section in Paytm
- You can see the re-activate option, tap on it.
- Now your mobile number will be verified by sending an SMS.
- After verification, your bank account will be restored.