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id: help.invoices.partial
title: "Partial payments"
canonical: https://docs.secureprocessing.app/help/invoices/partial-payments
description: "Tick  when you make the invoice, and your customer can pay any amount up to what is owed. The rest stays outstanding until they pay it."
last_verified: 2026-11-02
---

# Partial payments

Tick **Let the customer pay part of it** when you make the invoice, and your customer can pay any amount up to what is owed. The rest stays outstanding until they pay it.

Who can: Owner, Administrator, Developer, Support can make an invoice in [Invoices](https://dashboard.secureprocessing.app/invoices/new).

## Allow it

On **New invoice**, tick **Let the customer pay part of it** before you press **Create draft**. You cannot change it afterwards, so make a new draft if you forget.

The invoice’s page says **Allowed** or **Whole amount only** under **Partial payment**.

## What your customer sees

The page they pay on has an **Amount to pay**, filled in with the whole balance. They can lower it, and pay the rest another time from the same link.

## What you see

- **Paid** and **Due** on the invoice show how much has come in and what is left.
- Each payment is listed under **Payments against this invoice**.
- The invoice says **Open**, or **Overdue** after its due date, until the last of it is paid. Then it says **Paid**.

Reminders carry on while anything is owed.

## If you will not get the rest

Press **Write off**. An invoice that has received money cannot be voided. [Void an invoice or write it off](https://docs.secureprocessing.app/help/invoices/void-or-write-off.md) explains the difference.

For developers: [Invoicing](https://docs.secureprocessing.app/invoicing.md)

## Related

- [How your customer pays an invoice](https://docs.secureprocessing.app/help/invoices/how-your-customer-pays.md)
- [Invoice reminders](https://docs.secureprocessing.app/help/invoices/invoice-reminders.md)
- [Create and send an invoice](https://docs.secureprocessing.app/help/invoices/create-and-send-an-invoice.md)

Still stuck? Write to [admin@secureprocessing.app](mailto:admin@secureprocessing.app) with the invoice’s number.