Hi there, 

There's many reasons why you may have to make an employee inactive. Don't worry, QuickBooks Online lets you do this quickly and easily. I'd be happy to show you how.

Follow these steps to make a customer inactive:

1. Click the Employees tab on the left navigation menu. 

2. Select the employee from the list.

3. Click the small Pencil icon next to Employment.

4. Change the status of the employee to Inactive. 

5. Click Done.

That's all there is to it. Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers!

There is no EMPLOYMENT with a pencil next to it.  

Hi there. If your employee is going away temporarily, you can make them inactive. This is will ensure your employee doesn't get paid when you run your payroll. To make your employee inactive, follow the steps below: 

1.     Select Employees.
2.     Under Action, select the drop-down beside Edit.
3.     Select Make Inactive.  

Once the employee returns, you can make them active by following these steps: 

1.     Select the Gear icon below Add an employee.
2.     Select Include inactive.
3.     Select Make active.     

By making the employee active, you'll be able to run payroll as you did before and you won't need to edit anything. Let me know you have questions about this. I'm here to help. :) 

Hi, I don't have action or edit button anywhere... just to confirm, I'm using the Online version. 

Hi there. It's important you're able to see the Edit button. I recommend contacting our support team using this link here. One of our agents will be happy to assist you with navigating the program. Feel free to ask other questions. 

I already did, but thanks anyway. 

there's no inactive status in the workforce. I absolutely to make a termination date: which I don't want to. 

Hello aberzi. Thanks for connecting with us in this thread here. To make sure we're both on the same page, are you looking to make an employee inactive in Workforce or you're looking to do this in QuickBooks? 

I am not seeing either Employment or the small pencil icon.  What am I missing?

Hello JF55. Just to confirm, are you using QuickBooks Online, Desktop, or Self-Employed? 

QuickBooks OnLine.  I have got it figured out.