Manage settings for Square Virtual Terminal
About Virtual Terminal settings
To make Square Virtual Terminal work for your business, you can manage Virtual Terminal settings directly 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. Make sure you 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 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, and Virtual Terminal can’t be connected to Square Terminal.