Stripe Connect platforms can reverse transfers made to a connected account, either entirely or partially, and can also specify whether to refund any related application fees. Transfer reversals add to the platform’s balance and subtract from the destination account’s balance.

Reversing a transfer that was made for a destination charge is allowed only up to the amount of the charge. It is possible to reverse a transfer_group transfer only if the destination account has enough balance to cover the reversal.

Related guide: Reverse transfers

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • amountinteger

    Amount, in cents.

  • currencyenum

    Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency.

  • metadatanullable object

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

  • transferstringExpandable

    ID of the transfer that was reversed.

More attributes

  • objectstring

  • balance_transactionnullable stringExpandable

  • createdtimestamp

  • destination_payment_refundnullable stringExpandable

  • source_refundnullable stringExpandable

The Transfer Reversal object
{
"id": "trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a",
"object": "transfer_reversal",
"amount": 400,
"balance_transaction": "txn_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixosfrbjhW",
"created": 1678147568,
"currency": "usd",
"destination_payment_refund": "pyr_1Mio2eQ9PRzxEwkZYewpaIFB",
"metadata": {},
"source_refund": null,
"transfer": "tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu"
}

When you create a new reversal, you must specify a transfer to create it on.

When reversing transfers, you can optionally reverse part of the transfer. You can do so as many times as you wish until the entire transfer has been reversed.

Once entirely reversed, a transfer can’t be reversed again. This method will return an error when called on an already-reversed transfer, or when trying to reverse more money than is left on a transfer.

Parameters

  • amountinteger

    A positive integer in cents representing how much of this transfer to reverse. Can only reverse up to the unreversed amount remaining of the transfer. Partial transfer reversals are only allowed for transfers to Stripe Accounts. Defaults to the entire transfer amount.

  • descriptionstring

    An arbitrary string which you can attach to a reversal object. This will be unset if you POST an empty value.

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

More parameters

  • refund_application_feeboolean

Returns

Returns a transfer reversal object if the reversal succeeded. Raises an error if the transfer has already been reversed or an invalid transfer identifier was provided.

POST /v1/transfers/:id/reversals
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/transfers/tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu/reversals \
-u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
-d amount=400
Response
{
"id": "trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a",
"object": "transfer_reversal",
"amount": 400,
"balance_transaction": "txn_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixosfrbjhW",
"created": 1678147568,
"currency": "usd",
"destination_payment_refund": "pyr_1Mio2eQ9PRzxEwkZYewpaIFB",
"metadata": {},
"source_refund": null,
"transfer": "tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu"
}

Updates the specified reversal by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged.

This request only accepts metadata and description as arguments.

Parameters

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

Returns

Returns the reversal object if the update succeeded. This call will raise an error if update parameters are invalid.

POST /v1/transfers/:id/reversals/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/transfers/tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu/reversals/trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a \
-u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
-d "metadata[order_id]"=6735
Response
{
"id": "trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a",
"object": "transfer_reversal",
"amount": 400,
"balance_transaction": "txn_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixosfrbjhW",
"created": 1678147568,
"currency": "usd",
"destination_payment_refund": "pyr_1Mio2eQ9PRzxEwkZYewpaIFB",
"metadata": {
"order_id": "6735"
},
"source_refund": null,
"transfer": "tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu"
}

By default, you can see the 10 most recent reversals stored directly on the transfer object, but you can also retrieve details about a specific reversal stored on the transfer.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the reversal object.

GET /v1/transfers/:id/reversals/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/transfers/tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu/reversals/trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a \
-u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:"
Response
{
"id": "trr_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixN5LPJS4a",
"object": "transfer_reversal",
"amount": 400,
"balance_transaction": "txn_1Mio2eLkdIwHu7ixosfrbjhW",
"created": 1678147568,
"currency": "usd",
"destination_payment_refund": "pyr_1Mio2eQ9PRzxEwkZYewpaIFB",
"metadata": {},
"source_refund": null,
"transfer": "tr_1Mio2dLkdIwHu7ixsUuCxJpu"
}