Start and end a cash drawer session
About cash drawer sessions
Use cash drawer sessions to view starting cash amount, cash sales, cash refunds, cash paid in/out and the expected cash amount in your cash drawer.
Before you begin
To start a cash drawer session, you need to set up the Cash Management Add-on. Learn how to set up cash management.
You can start a cash drawer session from the Square POS apps on your device. You are not able to start a cash drawer session from the Square Dashboard.
You have two options for ending or closing a cash drawer session:
End a cash drawer session in Square Dashboard
End a cash drawer session from the Square POS apps
Start a cash drawer session
Open your Square POS app.
Tap ≡ More.
Tap Reports > Current Drawer.
Tap Starting Cash to enter the starting cash amount in your drawer.
Tap Start Drawer > Confirm Start Drawer.
Enter an optional drawer description.
Record cash paid in/out
You can record transfers and withdrawals from your cash drawer outside of cash sales. Cash paid in and out appears in the drawer history, with both the description you enter and the total amount in the drawer.
Open your Square POS app.
Tap ≡ More.
Tap Reports > Current Drawer.
Tap Pay In/Out.
Enter the cash amount and a description.
Tap Pay In if you add cash, or Pay Out if you remove cash.
Tap Confirm Pay In or Confirm Pay Out.
End a cash drawer session
If you end a cash drawer remotely from your Square Dashboard, you will not be able to Pay In/Out to make any adjustment.
- Sign in to your Square Dashboard and click Reporting > Reports.
- Click Cash drawers.
- Click on the cash drawer session you want to end.
- Click End Drawer.
- Enter the cash amount in the drawer, an optional description, and an email to receive the cash drawer report.
- Click End Drawer.