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# Receipts, Finalize Without Sending, and Resend

Finalize Without Sending lets you lock in a Draft invoice without emailing it to the customer. From the "..." menu, it moves the invoice out of Draft to Unpaid - or straight to Overdue if it's already past its due date, or to Paid if the total is zero - without any outreach.

You can still send it later. It's handy when you want the invoice on the books now but will deliver it another way. Resend re-sends an invoice the customer has already received. It appears on an Unpaid, Overdue, or Partially Paid invoice (anything still owing a balance), so you can prompt the customer again to pay the remainder.

Receipts are generated for any successful payment. Once a payment has landed, a payment card appears next to the invoice; its menu offers Send Receipt and Download Receipt for that specific payment. Send Receipt lets you pick which contact email to send to.

If several payments exist, each card has its own receipt actions, so you can send or download the receipt for one particular payment. There's no separate receipt button in the main action bar - receipts always come from the payment card.

> **Where to find it:** On an invoice, the "..." action menu holds "Finalize Without Sending" and "Resend". Receipt actions (Send Receipt, Download Receipt) live in the menu on each payment card beside the invoice.

## Related guides

* [Send an invoice to a customer](/revenue/invoices/send-an-invoice-to-a-customer.md)
* [Why can't I send an invoice?](/revenue/invoices/why-cant-i-send-an-invoice.md)
* [Add a line item to an invoice](/revenue/invoices/add-a-line-item-to-an-invoice.md)
* [Apply a discount to an invoice](/revenue/invoices/apply-a-discount-to-an-invoice.md)
* [Attach files or reports to an invoice](/revenue/invoices/attach-files-or-reports-to-an-invoice.md)


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