---
language: en
title: How to get Live PayPal Client ID and Secret Key
category: Integrations
summary: Step by step guide to creating a PayPal Live App and getting the Client ID and Secret Key needed for your TuCalendi PayPal integration.
---

# How to get Live PayPal Client ID and Secret Key

To get the **Live Client ID** and the **Secret Key** from PayPal, you need a **PayPal account**.

**Step 1:** **Open** the following **website** [https://developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com) and **click** on **"Log into Dashboard"**.

![PayPal developer login](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/paypal-developer-login.png)

## Switch to Live mode

**Step 2:** **After** you have **logged in with your PayPal credentials**, click on "**Apps & Credentials**" and then switch from "**Sandbox**" to "**Live**".

![PayPal switch to live mode](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/switch-to-live-mode.png)

## Create PayPal App

**Step 3:** **After** you have **switched to** the **Live mode**, click on "**Create App**".

![PayPal create app](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/create-app.png)

**Step 4:** **Give** your **PayPal app** a **name** and **click** on "**Create App**".

![PayPal app set name](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/paypal-new-app-with-name.png)

## PayPal Live App Client ID and Secret Key

**Step 5:** As soon as the app is created, the **details of the app** you just created will open. You should now see the **Client ID** and an option (**Show**) below it to see the **Secret Key**.

![PayPal click to show secret](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/paypal-show-secret-key-at-click.png)

**Step 6:** **Click** "**Show**" to see the **Secret Key**.

![PayPal show secret](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/paypal/paypal-show-secret-key.png)

## TuCalendi PayPal integration

**Step 7:** Use the **Client ID** and **Secret Key** for your [PayPal Integration with TuCalendi](https://www.tucalendi.com/en/s/integrations/integrate-paypal-receive-payments-tucalendi).

![TuCalendi PayPal Integration](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/integrations/en/tucalendi-paypal-integration.png)

> [!WARNING]
> **IMPORTANT:** Once you have created the **PayPal Live App**, you need to **copy and paste** the **Client ID** and **Secret Key** into the **PayPal integration popup** in the **TuCalendi integration section**.