About direct debit daily spending limits

A temporary daily spending limit may be applied to your account if your account uses direct debit for payment in a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) country, and Google Ads detects unusual or suspicious activity from your account.


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What you can expect

When a daily spending limit is applied to your account, you’ll receive in-account and email notifications about the new limit. The spending limit will take precedence over any campaign budgets you’ve set, and it’ll be in effect for approximately 8 weeks.

Once we’ve confirmed your account is safe, the spending limit will be removed, and you’ll be updated via in-account and email notifications.

Resolve issues with your daily spending limit

If you believe your account is safe, refer to the options below to remove or increase your daily spending limit.

Remove your bank account from your payment methods

You can automatically remove the daily spending limit from your account by removing your bank account from your payment methods and adding a credit card payment method. Learn more About payment methods for Google Ads.

To remove a payment method:

  1. In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon Billing Icon.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Open the “Payment methods” section and click Manage Payment methods.
  4. Click Remove next to the payment method you want to delete.

Note that if your account is on automatic payments and your bank account is a primary payment method, you’ll have to add a new primary payment method first before deleting the old bank account.

To add a new payment method:

  1. In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon Billing Icon.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Open the "Payment methods" section and click Manage Payment methods.
  4. Click Add payment method button and follow the instructions.

After you complete these steps, the daily spending limit should be removed from your account within 5 business days. You’ll be updated via in-account and email notifications.

Note: If you have a credit in your account, you may not be able to remove your daily spending limit using the steps above. In this case, the daily spending limit may stay on your account until the remaining credit has been spent.

Request a higher daily spending limit

If you want to increase your daily spending limit, submit the Daily spending limit increase request form. You’ll receive an update within 2 business days, via in-account and email notifications.

We’ll also continue to monitor your account, and if it’s confirmed safe, you can expect a removal of the daily spending limit approximately 8 weeks from the date it was first applied to your account.


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