Edit UPI id in google pay??

[LordPSN]

Hu guys
So I noticed something.
Google pay has added -1 in my UPI id in google pay.
I have Amazon pay, paytm, bhim, phonepe but none have -1 or -2 in the upi id.
So this -1 is causing some confusion for me.
Is there anyway to remove -1 from upi id?
For example say my UPI id is ABCD@UPI etc
But in google pay it is ABCD-1@OKHDFC...
I want to remove this -1 so that it becomes ABCD@OKHDFC..

 

[TheMentalist]

Hu guys
So I noticed something.
Google pay has added -1 in my UPI id in google pay.
I have Amazon pay, paytm, bhim, phonepe but none have -1 or -2 in the upi id.
So this -1 is causing some confusion for me.
Is there anyway to remove -1 from upi id?
For example say my UPI id is ABCD@UPI etc
But in google pay it is ABCD-1@OKHDFC...
I want to remove this -1 so that it becomes ABCD@OKHDFC..

You must be having ABCD@OKHDFC upi id for some account already, so it's unavailable
That's why it added -1 etc. to it

 

[D₹V]

You must be having ABCD@OKHDFC upi id for some account already, so it's unavailable
That's why it added -1 etc. to it

And once UPI ID created in Google Pay, it can't be deleted.

 

[COSMOCRAT]

Not possible. Gpay uses your email ID as a UPI ID and cloned names get automatically numbered.
Only Phonepe allows full control to change it(Two unique IDs for each bank account). And Paytm to a certain extent(One ID for all bank accounts).

 

[rj_arora]

Not possible. Gpay uses your email ID as a UPI ID and cloned names get automatically numbered.
Only Phonepe allows full control to change it(Two unique IDs for each bank account). And Paytm to a certain extent(One ID for all bank accounts).

Only PhonePe gives this custom UPI id feature? And no other UPI app?

 

[CARDiologist]

Only PhonePe gives this custom UPI id feature? And no other UPI app?

Amazon pay also allows only 5 custom UPI id

 

[rj_arora]

Not possible. Gpay uses your email ID as a UPI ID and cloned names get automatically numbered.
Only Phonepe allows full control to change it(Two unique IDs for each bank account). And Paytm to a certain extent(One ID for all bank accounts).

Phonepe is not allowing to edit it. I just checked

 

[rj_arora]

Amazon pay also allows only 5 custom UPI id

But it's only for primary account. No concept of custom ids per bank account.

 

[coolguy1]

Your primary account will have the UPI ID without the -1 and every additional account will get -1, -2, -3 and so on.
No option to change as of now.

PhonePe seems to be the most customizable regarding the change of UPI IDs.

 

[panchabhut]

Only PhonePe gives this custom UPI id feature? And no other UPI app?

All the bank apps permit this. At least for all the banks I hold accts in.
Also Amzpay, paytm & freecharge.

 

[rj_arora]

All the bank apps permit this. At least for all the banks I hold accts in.
Also Amzpay, paytm & freecharge.

But it's only for primary account. No concept of custom ids per bank account in APay. Paytm, Freecharge I will check

 

[panchabhut]

But it's only for primary account. No concept of custom ids per bank account in APay. Paytm, Freecharge I will check

is there any advantage of having multiple accounts linked to payttm/amz/phonepe?
why not use one single acct for all 3rd party payment and fund that acct from your other accts. that way, your primary accts are also insulated.

 

[COSMOCRAT]

But it's only for primary account. No concept of custom ids per bank account in APay. Paytm, Freecharge I will check

Only PhonePe allows that. If you used PhonePe in the initial days, it will use the phone number as ID of that time for that bank and won't allow it to change, as this feature wasn't there before. Hereafter you can have 2 ID slots per bank account, but choose wisely as you cannot change them later.

Every other app either uses your phone number or email as ID but cannot change it or those allow editing but only can have one ID for all bank accounts.

 

[rj_arora]

is there any advantage of having multiple accounts linked to payttm/amz/phonepe?
why not use one single acct for all 3rd party payment and fund that acct from your other accts. that way, your primary accts are also insulated.

Yeah, true. But there might be some cases when we need this feature.

 

[Reaper]

All the bank apps permit this. At least for all the banks I hold accts in.
Also Amzpay, paytm & freecharge.

For AmazonPay, UPI ID will be our number followed by its handle. There is no such option to create a custom text. Are you able to create custom handle without showing your mobile number.

 

[plastikman]

BHIM also allows one to set the UPI id

 

[panchabhut]

For AmazonPay, UPI ID will be our number followed by its handle. There is no such option to create a custom text. Are you able to create custom handle without showing your mobile number.

bank linked upi - yes
apay wallet upi - no

 

[Reaper]

bank linked upi - yes
apay wallet upi - no

Where do you see the option for creating custom UPI handle where bank account is linked?
When I click on "Manage UPI IDs" it just shows UPI handles available, no option to create custom ID.

 

[panchabhut]

Where do you see the option for creating custom UPI handle where bank account is linked?
When I click on "Manage UPI IDs" it just shows UPI handles available, no option to create custom ID.

under manage upi id it shows option to "add id" with diff handles. click on "add id" against your preferred @ handle. next page you can enter custom string

 

[NTT]

under manage upi id it shows option to "add id" with diff handles. click on "add id" against your preferred @ handle. next page you can enter custom string

I registered for Amazon pay UPI only last evening.. and there was no option to custom UPI IDs/handles.

There was indeed an option to Add id but that was meant for their backend/redundancy for ensuring smooth payment even if one bank's servers face any issue.. like what Paytm is doing nowadays.

In Paytm we can still switch between Pthdfc/Ptsbi etc (of course with mobile number@pt) but in Amazon pay UPI it was a fixed UPI I'd as a primary one:

Mobile no@rapl (with rbl Bank as their partner).

Can't say of early days but this is as on date. This morning I deregistered on Amazon pay for this very reason of no option of custom UPI IDs.