# How to add previous balance of customer on web?

**URL:** <https://community.getswipe.in/t/how-to-add-previous-balance-of-customer-on-web/2517>\
**Category:** Customer\
**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://community.getswipe.in/t/how-to-add-previous-balance-of-customer-on-web/2517 "2025-03-27T07:11:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@Prachi](https://community.getswipe.in/u/Prachi)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://community.getswipe.in/t/how-to-add-previous-balance-of-customer-on-web/2517/1 "2025-03-27T07:11:35Z")

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**To add previous balance of customer, there are two ways:**

**1. Through opening balance:**

Step1: Go to **customers** section in your swipe application, select the desired customer and click on **Edit**.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/getswipe/original/2X/a/a00acb952dd24c64d39132effc68a20669037f69.png)

Step 2: In the **opening balance** , add the amount that you want to set as previous balance, and click on **Save**.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/getswipe/original/2X/a/af7c4bdc60be9c4d470f5b2fcf109e20c1617c18.png)

**Note:**

1. This added balance will only be shown in the customer ledger, it won’t be recorded as any payment.

**2. Through ledger:**

Step 1: In **customers** section, click on **Ledgers**.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/getswipe/original/2X/0/0a38e5e603e5bae2bb6ef5577abf4e0f192c1670.png)

Step 2: Here click on **You got** , enter the **amount** that you want to set as previous balance and click on **Add payment**.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/getswipe/original/2X/a/a03d93b0e1aa3f72f8b2632565533c5d6b006473.png)

**Note:**

1. This added balance will be shown in the customer ledger as well as in payments.

You can settle any invoice amount raised against the customer using these balance.