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May 18, 2019
Question

Remove vehicle in miles

  • May 18, 2019
  • 22 replies
  • 15 views

How do I remove a vehicle from the drop down box in the miles section

 

Thank you

22 replies

MaryLurleenM
Level 6
May 20, 2019

Hello there, SeanScammed,

 

Deleting a vehicle in QuickBooks Self-Employed is currently unavailable. You don't have to worry about it since mileage is what matters. Make sure to select the vehicle you used when tracking the trip.

 

I'll pass along this feedback to our product engineers.
 

Don't hesitate to post in the Community if you have any concerns.

October 16, 2019

"You don't have to worry about it"??

Wrong ... it is a real pain because qbse keeps putting my old vehicle in as default ... so I have to manually edit the vehicle on every single entry :-(
Why can't we just simply delete a vehicle that we no longer own?
please "pass along this feedback to our product engineers."

Please also mention that the qbse android app doenst play so nicely any more since android upgraded to [9] pie.

February 5, 2023

Hi there, @BluntForceRam.

 

I can certainly see how much of a difference it would make for companies like yours if we could remove vehicles in QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE).  Like you, I am eagerly anticipating the availability of this feature.

 

You are being heard, and our product engineers are fully aware of this. I just want to let you know that they are currently collaborating to create features that will help their devoted users. Also, a new feature will go through extensive testing to ensure that it is fully functional before being implemented. No worries, once a new update will be released you'll be notified through email.

 

Also, if you haven't added yourself to the list of users who want the availability of this feature, I'd recommend doing so. You can follow the steps provided by my colleague on how to send feedback.

 

On the other hand, you may consider deactivating the vehicle you no longer use, as a workaround. Make sure to set a primary vehicle first before making the old one inactive so that the system automatically tags auto-tracked trips to it. 

 

To assign a primary vehicle:

 

  1. Select Mileage or Trips.
  2. Click on Manage Vehicles.
  3. Select Add vehicle and enter the vehicle info or click on the vehicle if you've already added one.
  4. Toggle the Set as primary vehicle button.
  5. Hit Save.

 

To deactivate a vehicle:

 

  1. Select the Mileage or Trips menu.
  2. Click on Manage Vehicles.
  3. Look for the vehicle you no longer use
  4. Click on Vehicle no longer in use.

 

Additionally, should you want to learn how to use the QBSE mobile app to automatically track your business miles, feel free to browse through this article: Automatically track mileage in QBSE.

 

You can always swing by here if you need additional assistance in managing your mileage in QBSE. Have a good one.


First of all, I appreciate the attempt at a workaround, except there is no (vehicle no longer in use option). As far as my concern about being heard, It's more of a feeling of, why was this feature not implemented from the get-go? It's a mileage tracker, not an asset tracker. Why add the ability to add something without also adding the ability to remove it? I understand vetting the feature to make sure it functions but almost 3 years with no change? honesty it would not be that big of a deal if it was not for the constant "your not tracking your miles" notification despite having everything disabled. The big one today was when importing everything to turbo tax it auto-generated a schedule c, again despite having 0 trips recorded and tracking disabled and it took a TurboTax expert 15 minutes to figure out how to remove it after I couldn't find it since everything on TurboTax's side showed no vehicle entered. We ended up having to enter it on their side and then delete it. Luckily they have a fancy trash can icon that deletes unwanted entries. 

August 22, 2023

agree and echo what everyone else said. it is absolutely ridiculous that this feature is still not implemented. I import my QBSE info to turbotax each year, and it's a real pain to carry over a vehicle into my annual taxes that NO LONGER EXISTS.