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# Scheduling Invoice Payments
**Scheduling payments in Alternative Payments is a convenient way for your customer to make a payment on a specified date**
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**Tip:** Payments won’t run unless there’s a valid payment method on file. Double-check that one has been added to the customer’s account.
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**Steps:**
1. From your Alternative Payments Dashboard, go to [**Invoices**](https://app.alternativepayments.io/dashboard/invoices)
2. Click `...` next to the invoice you would like to schedule, and select **Charge**
3. Click **Charge on future date** and **select a date** to schedule when the payment should be processed
4. Click **Charge invoice**
That's it, the payment will be processed on the selected date! 🎉
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**Date constraints:** The scheduled date must be a future date.
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**Cancellation:** To cancel a scheduled payment before it processes, navigate to the invoice, click `...`, and select **Cancel scheduled payment**.
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