How do you eliminate bills on the Pay Bills tab without affecting accounts payable?

Hello, @bengw1218.

Let me share with you the quickest way to delete a bill. 

Please be reminded that creating and deleting a bill will affect accounts payable. If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me why you want to delete a bill?

Furthermore, let me share some simple steps to delete bills. Here's how: 

1. Go to Expenses, then select Expenses.
2. Locate the bill to delete.
3. In the Action column, select Delete from the dropdown menu.
4. When prompted, select Yes to confirm that you want to delete the bill.

If you need help with deleting a bill, you can always refer to this article: Delete a bill in QuickBooks Online.

For future reference, if you need to recreate deleted transactions in QBO, you can use the Audit Log report. Check out this article for detailed steps: Use the audit log to re-enter deleted transactions. 

I am always here to help you with any concerns you have regarding deleting bills in QuickBooks. Take care! 

I tried this but the items were not under any expense. I first ran the report of ap detail and these were all credits showing, I than made journal entry which got them off the report but put them on the pay biils tab. I tried paying them with credits but that just put them back on the ap detail report.

This worked to clear everything except for one vendor. I had several entires that i was able to clear but when I ran AP detail there was still something left. When I drilled down on the the amount the detail didn't match the summary.   137.22. ???? When I try to fix this nothing changes.

Hi there, @bengw1218.

I can help you clear a credit from your Accounts Payable Aging Detail, but I need your cooperation for more details. May I ask how you recorded the journal entry linked to the bill? If you have used journal entries to clear the vendor credit, I recommend consulting your accountant to ensure you are debiting/crediting the correct accounts.

Also, the total open balance of -137.22 means you still have a credit left to apply to any unpaid bill. In the meantime, you can click the total available credits and review the amounts applied to a payment. Ensure that your credit is distributed to each bill correctly to clear the credit from the report.

Furthermore, It's best to consult your accountant regarding this situation since you're dealing with journal entries.

After dealing with everything, you can customize your reports in QuickBooks Online and use filters only to show specific details.

Let me know if you have further questions about eliminating bills from the Accounts Payable report. I'd be glad to assist you further. 

This was cleared by issuing a bill with the oldest date on it.