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title: "Creating a Refund"
source_url: https://docs.rapyd.net/en/creating-a-refund-542750.html
lang: en
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# Creating a Refund

### Create Refund - Request Parameters

The parameters for a 'Create Refund' request vary depending on the type of payment and type of refund.

For code examples, see [Create Refund](https://docs.rapyd.net/en/create-refund.md "Create Refund").

### Refunds for a Payment to a Single Wallet

The following table shows the parameters for refunds of a payment to a single wallet.

| Refund Description | Parameters |
| --- | --- |
| A full refund. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment. |
| A partial refund. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment. - `amount` - The amount of the refund. |
| A refund of the payment balance following partial refunds. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment. |

### Refunds for a Split Payment

The following table shows the parameters for refunds of a payment split among multiple wallets, the result of the refund request, and whether a payment balance remains.

| Refund Description | Parameters | Result | Balance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A full refund from all wallets. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment. | Each wallet is charged the full amount it received in the payment. | No |
| A proportional partial refund from all wallets. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment.`amount` - The amount of the refund. | The refund is divided among all wallets according to the proportion of the payment that each received. | Yes |
| A refund of the payment balance following proportional partial refunds from all wallets. | - `payment` - The ID of the payment. | The refund is divided among all wallets according to the proportion of the payment that each received. | No |
| A full refund from at least one, but not all, of the wallets. | - `payment` - The Payment object ID. - `ewallets` - For each wallet charged a refund:  - `ewallet` - The wallet ID.   - `amount` or `percent` - The amount or percentage of the refund. | Each specified wallet is charged the specified amount. | - Specified wallets: No - Other wallets: Yes |
| A non-proportional partial refund from one or more wallets. | - `payment` - The Payment object ID. - `ewallets` - For each wallet charged a refund:  - `ewallet` - The wallet ID.   - `amount` or `percent` - The amount or percentage of the refund. | Each specified wallet is charged the specified amount. | Yes |
| A refund of the payment balance following:  - Full refunds from some wallets. - Non-proportional partial refunds. | - `payment` - The Payment object ID. - `ewallets` - For each wallet charged a refund:  - `ewallet` - The wallet ID.   - `amount` or `percent` - The amount or percentage of the refund. | Each specified wallet is charged the specified amount. | No |

> **Note:**
>
> Multiple refunds must be either all proportional or all non-proportional.