How can i delete multiple entries in QB?

Utilize the trial period of TP Deleter to do so.

https://transactionpro.grsm.io/qbo

Hi there, emmanuel-garcia1.

In QuickBooks Online (QBO), you can delete multiple entries but transactions will have to be deleted one-by-one. Below are the steps on hot to delete entries:

1. Go to the Accounting menu on the left panel. Then, choose Chart of Accounts.
2. Click View register beside the account where entries are located.
   
3. Select the transaction/entry you want to delete. Click Delete.
   
4. A message will pop-up asking you to confirm the delete option. Click Yes.
   

I know how convenient it would be for you to be able to delete multiple entries at once. We continue to look for ways to improve the product for our customers convenience. While the option is not yet available, I encourage you to visit out QuickBooks Blog. Updates and latest feature will be posted and shared there.

Drop me a reply if you have other questions. I'm always happy to assist you further. Have a great day ahead.

Please please please make this a feature. I ran into an issue where I input a personal account by accident and it threw off my balance sheet. I believe I now have to go through all 181 transactions, delete them individually, and then disable the account, right? Is there a more efficient way?

Let me address your concern, Cel5146.

You're right. You'll have to delete them one by one. From there, you can delete the account or make it inactive. 

I know it's convenient to delete them all at once. I suggest sharing your idea directly with our software engineers. They take note of our customers' feedback. Here's how:

1. Click the Gear icon.
2. Select Feedback.

We're available 24/7. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us again if you have other concerns. 

@Kristine Mae is there a way to just wipe out my entire portal and start fresh? My business is newish (6 months) and my personal accounts that loaded in by accident have upwards of 800 transactions, none of which have anything to do with my business. Maybe cancel my subscription and just start all over?

Yes, you have the option to start all over with QuickBooks Online, cel5146.

Before starting from scratch, you'll want to export your data first since you're unable to restore the action once you delete your account.

If your account has been active for more than 60 days and you need to start from scratch, you cancel your account and start a new subscription. 

To cancel your account:

1. Go to the Gear icon at the upper-right, then select Account and Settings.
2. Select Billing & Subscription on the left.
3. Click Cancel to the right of the Subscription status line.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts and it’ll walk you through the rest of the process.

Then, start an account by signing up through this link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/global/. However, if your account has been active for less than 60 days you can delete the data. Here's how:

1. Log in to your QBO company.
2. Change the URL to include /purgecompany.
   Example: URL shows https://qbo.intuit.com/c28/app/homepage, change it to https://qbo.intuit.com/c28/app/purgecompany.
3. The next screen will provide a summary of the items to be deleted. Type the word “YES” once the data gets deleted, then select OK.
4. Select Wipe Data once your selections are complete.

Let me know if there's anything else that you need help with. Take care and have a great day!

@cel5146 

You may have 2 options:

1. Utilize a deleter tool as I mentioned in the earlier post

https:// transactionpro.grsm.io/qbo

2. Purchase a new blank QBO account and utilize the tool to migrate some data if required.

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Just add the accountant options from desktop. You are causing CPAs to advise their clients to stay away from your program because CPAs cannot easily research and fix problems. 

For the price of this product, we should be able to batch delete.

Amen. My favorite is when I do the support chat, and they keep telling me I need to talk to a specific department and reroute my chat. But after 4 people, somehow I'm STILL not at the right department? How is that even possible? These people have no freakin clue. 

If you take the time to read the very short question, the user specifically says MULTIPLE entries. However, because you skipped that part, you instructed them how to delete a single entry. Did you answer this way because you didn't read carefully, or is it because you know that there is no option for bulk deletion of entries and for some reason Intuit reps are incapable stating that QBO isn't capable of doing something so you just give instructions on how to do something related even if it doesn't answer the question? Is that an Intuit policy? Does Inuit realize how frustrating that is? Just say QBO doesn't have that functionality so we can all move on with our lives!!!

I have done this multiple times (go into the bank register and delete transactions) and the transactions just keep getting put back in the "for review" for the account.  I have tried over and over and it keeps happening.  I imported transactions from a CSV file that had all the negative amounts formatted to be in red with parenthesis, and quickbooks did not recognize them as negative amounts.  Therefore, payments and expenses were recorded as deposits.  Since I can't change the type of transaction (deposit to an expense), I was trying to delete the transactions and reimport.  But it is absolutely not deleting these transactions.  I have deleted transactions in another account that were duplicated by the client not putting them in correctly, and not had a problem with them being permanently deleted.  I don't understand why this client's transactions won't go away.  I have tried everything.

I know how important it is to make sure that your transactions are corrected, and I understand how frustrating it is when encountering hurdles when trying to delete entries, @SusanM29.

Since you're unable to delete certain transactions, we can perform another way how to isolate the problem. We can opt to exclude the transaction and delete it from there. 

Here's how:

1. On your QuickBooks Online (QBO) account, go to the Banking tab.
2. In the For review section, tick the boxes you want to delete.
3. Then click Exclude.



4. From the Excluded section, tick the boxes you want to delete.
5. Once ready, click Delete.



For detailed information, kindly visit: Exclude a bank transaction you downloaded into QuickBooks Online.

If the issue persists, I recommend contacting our QBO Support Experts. They'll be able to use a screen share tool to walk you through some more steps to assist you.

I'll also share this article you can read if you want to learn more about how to review downloaded bank and credit card transactions and put them in the correct accounts: Categorize and match online bank transactions in QBO.

Let us know if you require further assistance with deleting transactions in QBO. The Community team is here to help anytime. Keep safe.

Totally agree with this.   Intuit knew that they weren't answering the question but wanted to write something...   My solution has been to inactivate the problem account and create a new one and now I have disconnected any access to my accounts.   I'll just enter everything manually.   :-((

How has it been three years and this still isn't fixed yet? I accidentally added a personal as well and am having to delete a thousand transactions one by one.

@Kylydian 

You can use a deleter tool as a workaround.

https://get.transactionpro.com/qbo

Let's make sure you can delete entries in QuickBooks, Kylydian.

Currently, deleting entries can only be done one at a time by excluding a transaction.  As a workaround, you can use a third-party application to delete multiple entries in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

To search for one, follow the steps outlined below:

1. Go to the Apps menu.
2. Select Find app.
3. Search for a deleter tool.
   

In addition, when QuickBooks downloads transactions, it looks for and tries to match with those you've already entered. To learn more, check out this article for future reference: Categorise And Match Onlne Bank Transactions In QuickBooks Online.

You can always let us know if you need help when deleting transactions by entering your comment below. Remember, we're here to further assist you all the time.

Yeah, it is another $300 to spend to do mass deletes for 1 year.

Being able to delete multiple of ANYTHING is a really basic UI feature. They have deliberately kept these kinds of features out of their Desktop ( and now Online ) versions for years. I have no idea why they do this. Originally I assumed it was because Books for a company shouldn't be handled that way. Single entries mimic old school manual accounting practices. Anything "Advanced" requires plugins which helps keep their development community alive. I mean, their search features on Desktop are unbelievably bad. And it is almost as if they have handicapped data imports / bank feeds from day one. Pretty much every year something is broken with bank feeds. For the last few years to import feeds with Desktop, you have to do this little hack.

Anyway, I truly hope another company finds a way to replace Intuit. I was willing to put up with their Byzantine nonsense because I didn't have much choice. But them tripling the cost of their software ( online vs desktop ) has stripped any and all sense of goodwill away. I hope this company fails and they are used as an example in future Business classes. 

where is this delete option because it's not showing on mine

I can help you remove entries in the program, raheimcason.

Beforehand, are you trying to delete bank transactions? If so, we can do it by going to the Banking page. Let's exclude them first and then delete them.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Transactions menu.
2. Select Bank transactions.
3. Put a checkmark beside the entries you want to remove.
4. Click Exclude.
5. Tap the Excluded tab.
6. Place a checkmark beside the transactions.
7. Hit Delete.

If you're referring to the entries you manually added to the program, you'll need to delete them one by one in the Chart of Accounts. I'll guide you on how to do it.

1. Go to the Transactions menu.
2. Select Chart of Accounts.
3. Click the account.
4. Choose the transactions you want to remove.
5. Hit Delete and the Yes to confirm.

You can also visit this page to learn more about excluding transactions.

You might find the following articles helpful about adding and matching transactions in QBO: 

• Download, match, and categorise your bank transactions
• Reconcile an account
• What to do if you get a bank error or can't download transactions

Keep me posted if you have other questions about removing entries in QuickBooks. I'm always here to help. Take care.

@raheimcason 

You can use a deleter tool.

https://get.transactionpro.com/qbo

Thanks for the help, but honestly if I have to use a third person app to do something as simple as delete an entry then I'll just get rid of QuickBooks.

Then you may consider purchasing a 3rd party conversion service.

Hi there,

From my experience, this happens if you are connected to the bank and use rules. You have to unlink each transactions, and immediately go back to your bank feeds to exclude them or they will repopulate over and over. Or you can turn the rules off until you are through.