# Refund a Checkout charge using the Stripe API

1. Find the charge ID in the [PaymentIntent](https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents).
1. Use that charge ID to [create a refund](https://stripe.com/docs/api/refunds/create).
## Additional Information
* The older Charges API returns the ID in the ID field. The Payment Intents API returns the charge ID further down in the information of the Payment Intent
* [Issuing Refunds](https://stripe.com/docs/refunds#issuing) (Stripe Docs)