How can I find PayPal account activity logs for cashouts and withdrawals?

1. Where to look first: the Activity page — instant view, export options

Log in to PayPal and go to Activity to see recent transactions and to start exports; the Activity screen shows recent payments, and a download icon or “Download History” link lets you request transaction logs or statements for specified date ranges and file types ^{[6] [2] [7]}. For most users, the Activity page is the quickest way to spot an individual cashout or bank transfer entry ^[8].

2. Use the reporting portal for comprehensive history and large downloads

For complete reporting, open PayPal’s reporting portal (All Reports / Activity Download). The Activity Download Report lets you customize date ranges, choose fields and file types and retrieve detailed transaction-level data — useful when you need to reconcile many cashouts or examine fee/exchange-rate details ^{[4] [9]}. PayPal’s help text also states you can obtain transaction activity for up to seven years in multiple formats ^[1].

3. Business-only tools: Payouts and User Audit for withdrawals and actions

If you run a Business account, the Activities > All Reports area includes Payouts transaction logs that enumerate payout date/time, status and per-recipient details, plus exchange rates and fees when conversions occurred ^[3]. The User Audit report specifically lists user actions such as “Withdraw funds” initiated on the PayPal website and can be filtered by date, activity type or user, giving administrators a way to tie withdrawals to specific account users ^[5].

4. What fields and entries reveal a “cashout” or withdrawal

Downloaded Activity or Payout logs include transaction title/type, date/time, amounts, fees, currency conversion details and balance impacts — those fields identify transfers from PayPal balance to your bank or debit card and distinguish payouts to third parties ^{[4] [3]}. The Financial Summary report (in the reporting portal) can total transactions across a period if you want roll-ups rather than row-level logs ^[10].

5. Limitations and timing: how long data requests can take and retention windows

You can request up to 12 months of activity per request in some interfaces and generate larger History Log exports that may take several days — PayPal warns large History Log files can take up to five business days to generate and that only the three most recently completed large History Logs are saved ^[1]. Some community posts note inconsistent availability for older or summarized reports, and PayPal’s site guidance varies by account type and region ^{[10] [1]}.

6. Login activity vs. transaction activity: what you can and cannot get

PayPal’s account tools focus on transaction and reporting logs; an explicit, browsable login-activity audit screen is not uniformly available to users — community guidance says “the option to review your login activity in your PayPal account is not available at this time,” although PayPal will email about new or unusual logins ^[11]. For administrative tracking of actions taken by users within Business accounts, use the User Audit report rather than expect a general login history page ^{[5] [11]}.

7. Practical steps to retrieve cashouts and withdrawals now

1) Sign in and open Activity; scan for entries named “Withdrawal,” “Transfer to bank,” or similar and click a transaction for detail ^{[8] [6]}. 2) If you need many rows or a custom date range, go to Activity → Download (or Reporting Portal → Activity Download), pick date range and file type (CSV/PDF/QuickBooks), and request the report ^{[2] [4]}. 3) Business admins who must map withdrawals to users should generate a User Audit report and Payout logs as needed ^{[5] [3]}.

8. Conflicting guidance and hidden friction to expect

PayPal’s documentation is functionally complete but fragmented across consumer pages, developer docs and community posts; features and retention windows differ by account type. Community threads report occasional gaps accessing very old summaries and note the forum closure timeline that affects support visibility — expect to contact PayPal Support if a specific historical export won’t generate from your account ^{[10] [11]}.

Limitations: this analysis cites PayPal help, developer and community pages provided above and does not attempt to assert features beyond those documents; available sources do not mention any alternative third‑party audit exports or forensic tools beyond PayPal’s reports ^{[1] [4] [5]}.