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Gym owners

Refund a payment

When you hand money back to a member, record it as a refund on the payment it came from. The original payment stays as it was; the refund is its own record, and it comes off your revenue for the month you paid it back.

Steps

  1. Open Payments and tap the payment.

  2. Tap Refund.

  3. In Record a refund:

    • Amount refunded (₹) — the full payment by default. Lower it for a part refund.

    • Date and Paid back by — when and how the money went back.

    • Reason — optional, like Moved city.

    • If the payment sold an add-on, tick Also cancel the add-on this paid for to end it.

  4. Tap Record refund.

The refund shows on your Payments page as a minus amount, like −₹1,500. The original payment now shows how much of it has been Refunded.

Good to know

  • Refund, delete or cancel — pick the one that matches what happened.

    • Money went back to the member → Refund.

    • The payment was entered by mistake → delete it (see Fix a payment entered wrong).

    • The member stopped using an add-on and keeps the money's worth → Cancel on the add-on.

  • You can refund in parts, up to the amount of the payment in total.

  • A refund has no receipt number and no WhatsApp message goes out for it.

  • To undo a refund, delete the refund — open it from Payments and tap Delete. The original payment's refunded amount goes back down.

  • A payment that has a refund cannot be deleted. Delete the refund first.

  • Deleting a payment that sold an add-on asks what to do with the add-on: delete the payment only, or delete it and cancel the add-on too.

When it doesn't work

There is no Refund button. The payment is already fully refunded, is itself a refund, or is not Completed.

The Record refund button stays greyed out. The amount is empty or more than is left to refund. Part of this payment may have been refunded already — the line under the title says the most you can still refund.

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