How do I eliminate an auto payroll check for an employee for one paycheck only?

Hello there, @dcn970. 

Thanks for asking us here in the Community. The pay schedules in QuickBooks online are created and assigned to each employee when setting them up. 

We have two different types of payrolls to fit your situation. These are Scheduled and Unscheduled payroll. 

The only way we can turn off auto payroll for an employee is to make them inactive. Check out this article for more details: Turn off Auto Payroll for an employee. It helps you learn about managing and updating your employees' payroll. 

Should you need to pay your employees outside their regular pay schedule, you can process the Unscheduled one. Here's how: 

1. Go to the Workers tab, then select Employees.

2. Select Run payroll and find the employee you want to pay. Then, click Create another check.

3. Enter employee compensation and other required information.

4. Click the Preview Payroll, then click Submit payroll whenever you're ready.

5. Hit Finish payroll.

For future reference, read through this article to learn more about the pay schedule types, and to do an off-cycle or unscheduled payroll in QuickBooks Online Payroll (Standard): Set up and manage payroll schedules

Let me know if you have additional concerns. We're always delighted to assist. 

Hi, @dcn970.

Hope you're doing great. I wanted to see how everything is going about eliminating the auto payroll check for your employee you had yesterday. Was it resolved? Do you need any additional help or clarification? If you do, just let me know. I'd be happy to help you at any time.

Looking forward to your reply. Have a pleasant day ahead!