You can monitor your Google Ads payments and account balance anytime you'd like. Here's how.
Check your payment status
- In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
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- Click Summary.
- Scroll down to view the appropriate month’s card.
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The current month’s card will be closed by default. If you want to check one of the previous month’s payments, scroll further down to Previous activity table.
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- In the table, click the chevron
to open the Payments section.
- In the middle column, you'll see a line item for your payment. Here are the different descriptions you might see:
- "Automatic payment scheduled": A payment will happen in the next few days. This status shows for accounts on automatic payments with a bank account listed as the primary payment method. Once the payment is complete, it'll show as "Automatic payment."
- "Manual (or Automatic) payment pending": A payment is underway. Once the payment has been completed, it'll show as "Manual payment" or "Automatic payment". It might take a couple minutes until this line item shows up on the Summary page after a manual payment has been made.
- "Manual Payment": A payment you've initiated has been applied to your account.
- "Automatic payment": An automatic payment has been applied to your account.
- "Manual (or Automatic) Payment declined": Your bank or credit card company declined your payment. Learn more about resolving declined payments in Google Ads.
Check your current balance
Manual payments- In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
- Click Summary.
- In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
- Click Summary.
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- In the current month’s card, you can view your Current balance amount with a negative or positive sign and how the activity took place. Here's what this means:
- Negative numbers show an account credit that can be used for future advertising costs. If you're using automatic payments, you'll see a negative account balance only if you've decided to make a payment for more than your previous balance.
- Positive numbers show the amount that you owe for ad activity you've already accrued. If you're using automatic payments, your balance will usually be positive unless you've made a payment for more than your previous balance
- In the current month’s card, you can view your Current balance amount with a negative or positive sign and how the activity took place. Here's what this means:
