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# Payment modifications

Learn how to modify a payment.

[View source](/online-payments/modify-payments.md)

After you make a payment request, we add it to the list of payments associated to your account, and the payment gets a status in the [payments lifecycle](/account/payments-lifecycle). You can modify a payment to change its state, depending on its current status.

## Types of modification

You can do the following to payments to modify them:

| Modification type        | Description                                                                              |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Capture                  | Capture approved authorisation when it is necessary to complete the payment.             |
| Cancel                   | Cancel authorization when the payment has not yet been captured.                         |
| Refund                   | Return the funds to the shopper, when the payment has already been captured.             |
| Reversal                 | Return the funds to the shopper, when you are not sure if the payment has been captured. |
| Authorization adjustment | Adjust the authorized amount after the initial authorization.                            |

## Next steps

[Capture](/online-payments/capture)

[Learn to capture a payment.](/online-payments/capture)

[Cancel](/online-payments/cancel)

[Learn to cancel a payment.](/online-payments/cancel)

[Refund](/online-payments/refund)

[Learn to refund a payment.](/online-payments/refund)

[Reversal](/online-payments/reversal)

[Learn to reverse a payment.](/online-payments/reversal)

[Authorization adjustment](/online-payments/adjust-authorisation)

[Learn to adjust the amount of an authorized payment.](/online-payments/adjust-authorisation)