Disconnect accounts connected to online banking

Learn how to delete or disconnect a bank or credit card account from QuickBooks Online.

When you connect an account to online banking, QuickBooks automatically downloads your recent transactions. If you decide you don't need to use that account anymore, you can either disconnect the account or make it inactive.

Disconnect an account connected to online banking

When you disconnect, you’ll no longer see transactions that still need to be categorized in the Pending tab. If the transactions are older than 90 days, you won’t be able to download them from the bank when you reconnect. In this case, you can still manually upload old transactions.

Important: If you see a bank connection error, don't disconnect the account until you fix the online banking errors. If you disconnect it with errors, it might download duplicate transactions when you reconnect it.

Here’s how to disconnect an account from online banking:

You can reconnect the account to start downloading transactions again.