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# Refund Preview

The **Refund Preview** endpoint calculates the expected refund breakdown for a completed checkout session — including any fees, taxes, or partial amounts — without processing an actual refund. Use it to display an accurate refund summary to the merchant or customer before submitting a refund request.

{% hint style="info" %}
This endpoint returns a preview only. No funds are moved. To process the refund, use the Transactions API.
{% endhint %}

## How It Works

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Identify the completed checkout

Retrieve the `checkoutId` of the session you want to refund using `GET /v2/checkout/{checkoutId}`. Confirm its status is `COMPLETED`.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Request the refund preview

Call `POST /v2/checkout/refund/preview` with the `checkoutId` and the amount you intend to refund. The response returns the calculated breakdown.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Review the breakdown

Inspect the preview response before presenting it to the merchant or triggering an actual refund via the Transactions API.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## API Reference

## Refund Preview

{% openapi src="/files/2a1a4293ec587ee0129ad1caaed6983120845ba1" path="/v2/checkout/refund/preview" method="post" %}
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{% endopenapi %}

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See [Checkout Sessions](/api-reference/open-api-references/checkout/checkout-sessions.md) for how to retrieve a checkout ID.


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