ActionSquareUpdated September 2026
How do I refund a Square payment?
Short answer: You can refund square payment in Square by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Square Refund Square Payment action to a workflow, map its 5 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.
Inputs
The fields this action accepts.
Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Payment ID payment_id | string | Required | The Payment ID assigned by Square. Find via the corresponding list/search operation in this app. Use the exact ID, not a name or label. |
Amount to refund (cents) amount | string | Required | – |
Currency currency | string | Optional | – |
Idempotency Key idempotency_key | string | Required | – |
Reason reason | string | Optional | – |
Sample request
{"payment_id": "{{trigger.payment_id}}","amount": "{{trigger.amount}}","currency": "{{trigger.currency}}","idempotency_key": "{{trigger.idempotency_key}}","reason": "{{trigger.reason}}"}
Returns
{"refund": {"id": "ref_abc","status": "PENDING","payment_id": "pay_abc","amount_money": {"amount": 500}}}
Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.
Triggered by
Apps that pair well as the trigger for Refund Square Payment.
Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.
FAQ
Questions about Refund Square Payment.
What does the Refund Square Payment action do in Square?
Refunds full or partial. For "customer requested refund via support" or "fraud detection → auto-refund" workflows.
What inputs does Refund Square Payment require?
Required: Payment ID, Amount to refund (cents), Idempotency Key. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.
Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?
Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.
What happens if Square returns an error?
The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Square returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.
Does Refund Square Payment support batch operations?
Run Refund Square Payment inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Square's rate limits.
More actions
Other Square actions.
Action
Create Square Customer
Creates a customer with email, name, address. For "POS customer → push to Square Customers for repeat-business loyalty tracking" workflows.
ActionCreate Square Invoice
Creates an invoice with line items, customer, due date. For service-business workflows where Square is the payment processor but the invoice is generated externally.
ActionSquare Create Payment
Charges a saved customer card or processes a payment with provided source. For "external order completed → charge via Square" workflows.
ActionList Square Locations
Returns the merchant's locations. Useful for resolving location IDs and for multi-location reporting workflows.
ActionList Square Payments
Paginated payments with filters by date, location, status. For revenue-reporting workflows and for accounting reconciliation.
ActionSearch Square Customers
Lookup by email, phone, name. For "find existing customer record by phone" POS workflows.