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title: Settings - PayPal
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This page describes settings related to the [PayPal payment gateway](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-payment-methods/configuring-paypal.md). The PayPal settings can be configured in the **Settings** application, within the **E-commerce -> Payment gateways -> PayPal** category. These settings are not available in the **Store configuration** or **Multistore configuration** application.
| General | |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cancel return URL | Specifies the URL to which the buyer's browser is redirected if payment on the PayPal confirmation page is cancelled. We recommend creating a _Payment cancelled_ page on your website and using its URL.
**Important**: The return URL values must be set to allow PayPal payments. |
| Return URL | Specifies a URL to which the buyer's browser is redirected after completing payment on the PayPal confirmation page. We recommend creating a [Thank you page](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/checkout-process/configuring-steps-of-the-checkout-process.md#configuring-the-thank-you-page) on your website and using its URL.
**Important**: The return URL values must be set to allow PayPal payments. Additionally, the specified page must contain the **PayPal payment execution** web part, which processes the payment URL parameters provided by PayPal and completes transactions. |
| Transaction type | Sets the type of transactions used by the PayPal gateway during payment:
**Direct Payment** – successful transactions are marked for immediate funds transfer (capture).
**Authorization with Delayed Capture** – only authorization occurs during the initial payment (places a hold on the cardholder's available fund limit). Capturing of funds needs to be done manually at a later time by [editing orders](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/orders.md). Delayed capture transactions are suitable for stores where products are physically shipped some time after orders are placed. |
| PayPal credentials | |
| Client ID | The Client ID from the API credentials of your PayPal app. You can find the credentials when viewing your app in the PayPal [Developer Portal](https://developer.paypal.com/). |
| Client secret | The secret from the API credentials of your PayPal app. |
| Account type | Sets the type of the PayPal account associated with the entered API credentials:
**Sandbox** – account for testing transactions.
**Live** – account for real payments on production websites. |