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Setting Up Test Accounts
Managing Test Accounts
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14 April 2012 Sandbox User Guide
Managing Test Accounts
You can view, work with, or launch the Sandbox Test Site for all your test accounts. You can
also create new accounts or remove test email addresses from your view.
 To work with test accounts, log in to https://developer.paypal.com, and click the Test
Accounts tab.
 To create a new account, click the Create Account link.
 To work with the account, select the account by clicking the radio button associated with it
on the left.
You can simulate the live paypal.com site for the selected account by clicking Enter
Sandbox Test Site. When you logged in to
https://developer.paypal.com, you might have set the
Log me in automatically checkbox to allow direct access to
https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/,
in which case you do not have to launch the Sandbox to access it.
IMPORTANT: The Delete button does not delete the test account. It removes the test account
from your list of accounts, but the email address for the test account is still on
file for the Sandbox. You cannot reuse an email address that is still on file for
the Sandbox. If you want to rerun a test, do not delete the account; you can
use the Reset option instead.
The following sections describe how to create a preconfigured test account, which allows
merchants to create an account using a typical configuration that is useful for most testing.
You can also create a test account manually, which might be required if the preconfigured test
account is not adequate for your needs.
NOTE: The first test account that you create is always a preconfigured test account. After you
create the first account, you click Preconfigured to create a preconfigured test
account or Create Manually to create the test account manually. The following
sections assume that a test account has not yet been created.
Creating a Preconfigured Account
To create a preconfigured account:
1. After logging in, select Test Accounts and click the Create Test Account link.
2. Choose the country for which you want the account to be registered.