How to assign payment cards to your Google account

The Google Play store is a sprawling warehouse of virtual products – pretty much any album, film or book is right on hand for you to buy in an instant. To make purchases, you will first need to tether a payment method to your account so that you can then buy and download what you want with a single click. In this tutorial we’ll guide you through the process of assigning a payment method to your Google account or, if you wish to add a new credit or debit card or simply edit the details of an existing one, show you how to update your payment details.

Although this process isn’t perhaps as easy to fathom as you would think, it does require you to explore an area of Google that you may not be fully with, namely your Accounts screen. You will access this screen for many purposes – which are explained in our self google tricks – but to get there, simply ensure that you are logged into your Google account and then click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen.

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Once on the Accounts screen, you’ll be able to access the Dashboard to review and edit any details that relate to any of the Google services that you use.

Set up a new payment method

1: Go to accounts page
From the Google Play store, click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the interface
and then click on the Account link in the box that appears, to go to your main Accounts page.

2: Go to Dashboard
When you’re on the Accounts page, click on the Dashboard link which can be found under the
Account section in the left-hand column. All of the Google services that you use will now be listed.

NOTE: Google Dashboard offers transparency and control over the data associated with your Google Account

3: Go to Wallet/Checkout
Scroll down the list and eventually you will come to a section called ‘Wallet/Checkout’. Click on the
arrow next to the section header and this will display ‘Payment options’ or follow these our link.

4: Add a card
If you already have a payment in place, it will be displayed here. To add a new payment method,
click on the ‘Add a credit or debit card’ button at the top of the screen and then fill in the details.