Update your payment methods and settings

Within the “Billing” section of your account, you can view and update your card information and payer details.

Switch between postpay and prepay payments

Depending on the country of your billing address, you can switch your payment setting (from postpay to prepay payments, or vice-versa) directly in your Google Ads account. In some cases, switching payment settings might require creating a new payment profile. Learn how to create and manage your payments profile.

Postpay: Your automatic payment will happen on the first day of each month, and whenever your account reaches a payment threshold.
Prepay: You'll need to manually make prepayments before your ads can run.

How to change your payment method

Go to Settings within the Billing menu .
Open the “How you pay” section.
Select Alternative payment options to view other options available to you.
Select Switch to prepay or Switch to postpay and follow the steps in the pop-up window to confirm the change.

How to update your card’s expiration date or nickname

To update your card's expiration date or nickname (without changing the account number):

Go to Settings within the Billing menu .
Under the "Payment methods" section, find the card you want to update.
Select the corresponding Actions dropdown menu.
Select Edit details.
Update your card’s expiration date or nickname.
Select Update.

Note: If your credit card or bank account number changes, you'll need to add it as a new payment method and remove the old one.

Add or remove payment methods

To add a new payment method:

Go to Settings within the Billing menu .
Under the "Payment methods" section.
Select Add a payment method.
You'll land on the page where you can follow the instructions to add a new payment method.

To remove a payment method:

Go to Settings within the Billing menu .
Under the “Payment methods” section, find the payment method you want to remove.
Select the corresponding Actions dropdown menu.
Select Remove.

Note: You may need to add a new payment method before you can remove one.

Update your payer details

To edit your payer details:

Go to Settings within the Billing menu .
Find the "Payer details" section.
Select any field that has a pencil icon, and enter your updated information.
Select Save.

Note: To change permissions related to the payments profile, visit the Google Payments Center and select Settings. Alternatively, scroll to the “Payments users” section under “Settings”, select Manage payments users and make updates there. This is only available to Google Ads users with Admin or Billing access to the account. Only a Payments profile Admin can delete Payments users.

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