{"id":9396,"date":"2026-11-02T09:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T06:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivitskiy.com\/blog\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T06:29:26","slug":"change-google-ads-account-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivitskiy.com\/blog\/en\/change-google-ads-account-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Google Ads Account Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In short:<\/strong> the currency of an ad account cannot be changed after it is created, and neither can the time zone. The fix is one path: open a new account with the right settings and copy your campaigns over with Google Ads Editor. Performance history does not move, and bid and budget numbers stay the same, so their money value changes.<\/div>\n\n\n\n

No, you cannot change the currency of an existing Google Ads account. It is set when the account is created because it decides how you are billed. The time zone of a standard ad account works the same way. The way out is to create a new account in the currency you want and move your campaigns into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not spent anything yet, there is almost nothing to move. If ads are already running, the move needs care, because bids and budgets must be recalculated in the new currency. I cover the setup from scratch in how to create a Google Ads account<\/a>. This page covers only the repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you can and cannot change in an account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Setting<\/th>Can it be changed?<\/th>What to do<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Currency<\/td>No<\/td>Create a new account and pick the currency on the Billing page.<\/td><\/tr>
Time zone of an ad account<\/td>No<\/td>Create a new account and pick the time zone there.<\/td><\/tr>
Time zone of a manager account<\/td>One time, and only eastward<\/td>An Admin user sends a request to Google.<\/td><\/tr>
Display language<\/td>Yes<\/td>Preferences, section «Display language & number format», the «Display language» drop-down.<\/td><\/tr>
Number format<\/td>Yes, if the language allows it<\/td>Same section, the «Number format» drop-down. Some languages offer only one format.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Google explains this in its help page on language, number format, time zone, and currency<\/a>. Your billing country decides which payment options and currencies you see, and in some countries only certain currencies are offered. Pick the country and the currency together, once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A word on time zone. It affects reports: when you segment data by hour or day, the numbers follow the account time zone. Billing pages always show Pacific Standard Time, whatever zone you choose. The time zone has no effect on where your ads show. If only the time zone is wrong, the question is simple: does the offset in your reports bother you enough to move campaigns?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to move your ads to a new account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The order Google describes is: new account, payment, transfer, and only then cancel the old one. Campaigns move in Google Ads Editor<\/a>. Pasting in the web interface works only when both accounts use the same currency, so that route does not fit a currency change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Create the new account. Choose the billing country, the currency you want, and the time zone, then set up a payment method<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Download and install Google Ads Editor. Open the old account and the new account in it.<\/li>
  3. In the account tree of the old account, select the campaigns. In the Edit menu choose Copy to take the whole campaign. Copy shell takes only the campaign settings.<\/li>
  4. Choose Account, then Open, and pick the new account. Then Edit and Paste.<\/li>
  5. Review the bids and budgets and recalculate them in the new currency. Do this before you post.<\/li>
  6. In the top right corner of Editor, choose Post.<\/li>
  7. Open the new account in Google Ads. Check that the campaigns are there and the account settings are right.<\/li>
  8. Once the new account is running, cancel the old one<\/a>. Pause its campaigns first and check the remaining balance.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What does not carry over<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Item<\/th>What happens in the new account<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    Whole campaign (Copy)<\/td>Moves with its contents.<\/td><\/tr>
    Copy shell<\/td>Only the campaign settings. Location targeting is not copied, so set it again.<\/td><\/tr>
    Performance history: impressions, clicks, conversions<\/td>Does not move. Tracking in the new account starts on the day the campaigns launch.<\/td><\/tr>
    Bid strategy learning<\/td>Does not move. The campaign starts fresh.<\/td><\/tr>
    Portfolio bid strategy<\/td>Replaced by manual CPC bidding.<\/td><\/tr>
    Bids and budgets<\/td>The numbers stay, the money value changes.<\/td><\/tr>
    Selective optimization<\/td>Editor does not support it.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Say your old account is in euros with a daily budget of 50, and the new account is in US dollars. After the paste, the new budget reads 50 dollars a day. Google states it plainly: the numbers carry over as they are, and it takes no responsibility for the results. That rule is in the Editor help page on copying campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Google tells you to verify that the account settings are correct. I add conversion tracking, user access, and links to other services to that list. The transfer instructions say nothing about them, so check them yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mistakes business owners make<\/h2>\n\n\n\n