If you’re having problems paying for Google products or you get one of these messages, you might need to fix a problem with your payments profile.
Find the issue you’re experiencing below.
"Unable to complete transaction: expired card"
Check to see if your payment method is up to date. If it isn’t, update it in Google Pay.
"Unable to complete transaction. Please use another form of payment."
Note: These steps also apply if you’re seeing the error message "Your payment didn't go through. Please try a different payment method or try again later."
Try the following.
- Check to see if your payment method is up to date. If it isn’t, update it in Google Pay. Then try your purchase again.
- Make sure you have enough money in your account for the purchase.
- If you’re still having issues, contact your bank to see if there’s a problem with your account.
- Try making the purchase again with a different payment method.
“Your card issuer declined your payment”
To fix the issue:
- Make sure your payment method is up to date. If it isn’t, update it in Google Pay. Then try your purchase again.
- Make sure you have enough money in your account to make the purchase.
- If you’re still having issues, contact your bank to check if there’s a problem with your account.
- Make the purchase again with a different payment method.
"Your payment was declined due to an issue with your account"
If you get this message, it might be because:
- We saw a suspicious transaction on your payments profile.
- We need a little more information to protect your account against fraud.
- We need a little more information to comply with EU law (European customers only).
To fix the issue:
- Go to pay.google.com.
- Take action on any alerts or requests.
- Before you can buy anything through your Google Account, you might need to verify your identity .
- Make sure your name, address, and payment information are up to date.
"Unable to process payment: low card balance"
You might not have enough funds in your account to make the payment. Check your account balance or contact your bank.
"Can't redeem your gift card due to an issue with your account"
To fix the issue:
- Go to pay.google.com.
- Take action on any alerts or requests.
- Before you can buy anything through your Google Account, you might need to verify your identity .
- Make sure your name, address, and payment information are up to date.
"Your transaction can't be completed"
If you’re asked to provide more info after you get this message, follow the on-screen instructions. If you’re not asked for more info, try the following steps:
- Try a different payment method.
- Check whether the billing address for your payment method, such as a credit card, matches the address in your Google Pay settings. If they don't match, update your address on pay.google.com and try the transaction again.
- If you’re on an app, try to pay on the product website instead. If you’re on the website, try the app.
- If you’re buying on Google Play: For suggestions, check “Fix payment issues on your account.”
- If you’re using guest checkout on the Google Store: Sign in to your Google Account. If you don’t have one, create an account first.
- If you're using an eligible Android phone and paying by credit card: Set up a payment method for contactless transactions.
- If you’re paying with a credit card: Contact your bank or financial institution about this transaction.
"This transaction couldn't be completed. Contact your Google Workspace administrator to fix it"
If you try to buy a Google product or service and get this error, it means your account was set up by your company or school. To resolve this issue, you need to contact your Google Workspace administrator.
Tip: If you're an administrator, learn how to fix the billing issue.
Find your administrator
Your administrator might be:
- Someone in your IT department or Help desk at a company or school
- The person who manages your email service or website
- The person who gave you your username
Ineligible or grayed-out credit or debit card
Card is grayed out and needs verification
If your card is grayed out and the message says “verify on pay.google.com,” or “verify in your Google Account’s payment methods,” your card was reported as stolen. You must verify the card before you can use it again:
- Go to pay.google.com and sign into your account.
- If you have multiple accounts, sign into the account with the grayed-out card.
- If you don’t use pay.google.com, go to your account’s Payment methods page.
- Click Payment methods.
- Next to the card that says “Verification needed,” click Verify
Get code.
- You’ll find a temporary hold of less than $1.95 USD on your card statement called "GOOGLE." The verification code is the last 6 digits.
- You should get the code right away, but it can take up to 7 days to get the code.
- To complete verification, return to your account and enter the 6-digit code.
Card is grayed out and is ineligible
If your card is grayed out and you get a message that your card is ineligible, you won’t be able to use this card for this purchase. Try to make the purchase again with a different card.
If the card you want to use isn’t listed, follow the instructions on the screen to add a new card.
Closed Google payments profile
Learn more about what to do if you permanently closed your payments profile.
Contact us for help
If you still have trouble, contact support for your Google product:
- Google Pay
- Google Play
- YouTube
- Google Store
- For Google One members: Google One