How to log in in Sandbox Paypal Account?

Question

Paypal have recently changed their user interface in developers.paypal and as such, I couldn't find out the place from where I can log in to my old SANDBOX account.

In the new developer.paypal.com, on the Application tab, I selected the sandbox account,

In the following link,

https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/applications/accounts

I get a button "login with paypal". But when I try to login, it displays a message "Invalid email" even though my email and password are totally correct.

For me the problem was that PayPal created different passwords for my sandbox accounts than for my real account, and I tried to log in using the password for my real account. To see the passwords for your sandbox accounts, go to developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts, click on an account in the list, then click change password and enter a password that you know. — Donald Duck

PP_MTS_Matt PP_MTS_Matt · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11T18:01:20

The new developer accounts require that you first log in using a live PayPal account email address and password. Once you log in you can recover your test accounts by following the steps below.

Log into https://developer.paypal.com
Click Applications
Click Sandbox accounts
Click "Import data"
Enter your email address and password for the old developer account.

Since you've had access to the legacy developer account you'll also need to delete your cookies and cache. Strangely enough, if you don't there will be several issues with logging into the account or accessing the test accounts. This will also resolve the invalid email error.

Let me know if you have any issues after this.

How to log in in Sandbox Paypal Account?

4 Answers