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Manage settings for Square Virtual Terminal

Who is this article for?
Account owners or team members with the checkout permission to use Virtual Terminal. Set permissions in Square Dashboard.

About Virtual Terminal settings

To make Square Virtual Terminal work for your business, you can manage Virtual Terminal settings right from your Square Dashboard to choose accepted payment methods, customise how transactions appear in customer statements, connect accessories to Virtual Terminal and more.

Before you begin

To use Square Virtual Terminal, you’ll need to sign in to your Square Dashboard. Be sure to have a compatible web browser on your computer such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge.

Manage checkout settings

Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Orders & payments (or Invoices & Payments or Payments) > Virtual Terminal > Settings > Checkout to configure default transaction types, and enable or disable service charges.

You can customise the payment method types you accept and arrange them in the order you’d like them to be displayed. The payment types you enable and disable will be reflected on the payment details in Virtual Terminal.

Connect accessories to Virtual Terminal

You can connect a compatible USB barcode scanner to your computer to easily add items to a transaction in Virtual Terminal. Once you connect your scanner, click the barcode scanner icon during checkout to add items.

Note: At this time, Bluetooth barcode scanners aren't compatible with Virtual Terminal.

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