How to Cash Out Your Lyft Earnings Instantly in Lyft Driver

Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor

Last Updated: June 4, 2022

If weekly deposits from your Lyft Driver account just aren't enough, you can take out your funds on your own schedule using Express Pay.

Steps

1

Open up Lyft Driver. The app icon has a white border with a pink steering wheel inside it.
2

Ensure you have at least $5.50 (USD) in your Lyft Driver account. If you have more, even better. If you haven't received enough to cover the $5.00 minimum plus the 50 cent charge for Instant payout, Lyft will tell you that you can't cashout yet.

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3

Ensure that you have a credit card (or debit card with charging privileges) enabled in Express Pay. Tap your profile icon in the top right corner and tap "Pay Info"; look for a line saying "Express Pay" just below "Your payout methods". If Express Pay has a card, you'll be good. Otherwise, you'll need to add your current credit card for this feature to work.
4

Wait until you have no rides in progress. Better yet, make sure you aren't online in the app (unless ridership at the time is very light), just to make sure you have time to complete the process before you get a trip request.
5

Tap the dollar sign button ($) on the taskbar at the bottom of the Lyft Driver screen. If you are online, you can tap the dollar amount from the bottom left corner of the app. These will both get you to the same location.
6

Tap the "Cash out $(dollar amount)" button, just below your account weekly totals up at the top of the screen. The button will be mostly purple with white text.
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Tap the "Confirm deposit" button.
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Wait for the dialog "Deposit initiated" box to disappear and for the payout email to arrive in your email.
9

Ensure that funds have reached your bank. It may take between 30 minutes and 24 hours.

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Warnings

Be careful if you use the Express Drive feature. Lyft will take out funds every week from your check, and you will want to make sure the funds are there when they take them out; since you can't just take out a set amount with Express Pay, you will want to ensure you don't take out funds prematurely, meaning there’s none left for the Express Drive payment.

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