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December 11, 2018
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How do I combine 2 vendors?

  • December 11, 2018
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It is the same vendor but I have 2 separate vendor acts because of a mis-spelling.

Best answer by john-pero

Edit rename the wrong one same as right one. Accept the merge of all activity.

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john-pero
john-peroAnswer
Level 12
December 11, 2018

Edit rename the wrong one same as right one. Accept the merge of all activity.

December 11, 2018
I realize this is a two-year-old thread but I am having the same problem.
I have no problem merging vendors using premier versions up to and including QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2014. I discovered you could not merge vendors in QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2015 or 2018 if they have any transactions. I believe this is a bug in the program and it has to do with having multi-currency turned on (I think).
Rajanikanth
December 11, 2018

Hi,

By merging the two Vendors you can solve the issue, Edit the misspelled vendor and type the correct vendor name that with you want to merge and Save a message will popup asking you to confirm, confirm Yes.

Comment back for more details.

January 17, 2019

From the QBO API, how can I know a Vendor was merged?

 

Level 9
January 17, 2019

Hi there, @ChrisBCI!

 

I'd be glad to redirect you to the best help available.

 

We have a separate forum called Intuit Developers Forum where you can ask and get helped about your concern on merged vendors in the QBO API. I suggest starting the same discussion there through this link: https://help.developer.intuit.com/s. Different developers, engineers, and programmers would be glad to help you out.

 

Please know you can always get back to us here in the QuickBooks Community if you have any "How Do I" or navigation questions. Have a great day!

Angelyn_T
Moderator
October 14, 2021

I appreciate you for joining the thread, @Admin134. I'm here to share with you some information about merging vendors in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

 

The system will ask for a password once a closing date password is added from the Preferences. To proceed with the process, you can use that Closing Date Password when merging your vendor names.

 

You can follow these steps on how to see the correct password:

 

  1. Go to the Edit menu, then click on Preferences.
  2. Click on Accounting at the left pane, then go to the Company Preferences.
  3. Tap on the Set Date/Password tab from the Closing Date section.
  4. Take note of the Closing Date Password.
  5. Enter that password when merging your vendors.

 

After that, you'll be able to merge the two names successfully. For an additional guide, you can open this article: Merge list entries in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

I'm also adding this link to learn more about the closing date and password in QBDT: Set or change a closing date and closing date password.

 

Aside from that, you can get more tips about handling your vendor transactions in the future through these articles:

 

 

If you have any other follow-up questions about merging vendors and other entries in QBDT, let me know by adding a comment below. I'm always here to help. Wishing you a good one!