Organisation setting - Ability to hide/delete the demo company
Option to hide or delete the demo company in Xero.
Purpose: Often a demo company creates confusion for users, so it’s better if they can hide/delete it.
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Kirsty Drummond commented
Confusing for staff who we invite to xero, and they can access the demo company and fear the figures!! Please delete it ...this is your HIGHEST requested feature Xero, why are you not listening to your customers?
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Jenna Windross commented
I hate that this is here. I also find that it changes position in my side feed. I use Xero for two different companies and changing between the two, I find myself clicking on the demo company sometimes because it's at the bottom of the list now instead of the top where it was before. It's very annoying!
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Steve Taylor commented
It is just logical - we only want to see the demo company when we are using it; we should be able to turn it on or off as we see fit.
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Mary Phillips commented
Again should be able to have our own orgs not a demo no longer used
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Peter Istrate commented
What's really astonishing is that this has, actually, been voted to be one of the highest feature requests (235 votes).
There are 210 pages of feature requests (20 requests on each page).
And this is on the 3rd page (which means it's in the top 50 most requested features, out of 4200 feature requests).
They haven't addressed this in 10 years. Which is wildly ignorant.
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Peter Istrate commented
Why aren't they just coming back, and say that they will not do this feature request? Period.
At least we would know for a fact that this will never be looked at (they may have their solid reasons for that - although all of us believe it's dumbfounded).
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Eugene Siterman commented
Unfortunately, it seems that Xero is focused in creating new functionality instead of fixing simple yet annoying features. 10 years of asking has not helped.
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Alan Robertson commented
Haven't used Xero in years, have come back but shocked this still hasn't been actioned - surely it's a quick and easy job to let users hide this??!!
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Heather Browning commented
Please delete Demo from Xero Me accounts - I thought it was supposed to be for employees just to see their payslips and request leave - having access to a FULL demo company is not necessary. See how long this thread has been going - I don't hold much hope. So won't be using for my employees! Very frustrating - back to the spreadsheet!
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Richard Hart commented
Please at least allow me to rearrange companies or demote demo to bottom of list
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Steven Jenke commented
Why does it take so long with so many times people have to suggest to remove/hide - do you listen to your users since 2014?.
Please allow users to REMOVE DEMO
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Sam Roberts commented
Agreed! Let us remove it!
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Osman Sen-Chadun commented
Please remove the Demo company, or allow it to be hidden. As other users have said, it is very annoying!
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Ashoka Reddy commented
Xero - you really are not listening to a reasonable request from your customers. This reflects a 'could-care-less' attitude.
This is not a product idea. It is adding confusion and irritation and untidyness into the use of Xero for many businesses, accountants and consultants. Archiving a company and removing from the active company list, is the way it should be done in the first place.
Demo data is by it's very nature, inaccurate, and once it's served its purpose, a company should be able to delete it, For inactive, old companies, the same is true, unless there are legal reasons and agreed data retention periods in place. Renaming these companies with a Z prefix so they appear at the bottom of the active company list is a joke. Preventing your customers to delete or archive the data on their own system after they have requested this from you, contravenes GDPR.
Furthermore, Xero is adding to this 'couldn't-care-less' attitude with no acknowledgement or understanding of the impact of this design flaw. This is enough for existing customers to consider switching and complain about Xero, It has an impact on Xero brand reputation. Protecting this should be a top priority for the senior leadership team.
It's not a matter of putting a glaring design flaw to the vote on your so-called product ideas page. Please escalate this to your senior leadership team. We expect courtesy, listening, and a reasoned decision on your intention. It's not good enough to say it's still not in the plan after so many years.
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Paul-John Mudie commented
"Xero Team (Admin, Xero) shared this idea Sep 12, 2014" It takes days to share but decades to act
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Ryan Blundell commented
People have been asking for this basic 30 minute fix for nearly 10 years now. Xero is so ********
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Stephan Schier commented
Seems like a no-brainer, especially for many who work with multiple accounts.
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Kiara Coen commented
Super annoying - please allow us to get rid of it and don't bring it back every time someone joins the organisation. It's unnecessary and cluttering.
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Tomasz Lotocki commented
Maybe this will get attention: https://x.com/TomaszLotocki/status/1733063280522866808?s=20
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Tomasz Lotocki commented
We should not be even voting for this! Such a bad experiance