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very helpful. Currently my staff have no way to improve their drafts as I basically go outside of xero and email them what is mising. they they update and I have to remember to go back in.

The code is already in existance on Xero expenses so this is easy to roll out

Just to reiterate and expend the comment on my original comment, as some suggest using the void function. If you di this you have to repeat attaching any documents you may have, and this may be onerous.
Xero please reconsider your stance on this request.

There are circumstances when this is needed and at the moment the only option is to void the invoice and re-post it.

There appears to be no correlation between what the user needs and what the developers think we want. Please instigate this as a priority.

so many people have explained why this feature is critical - it feels like Xero are not listening

Critical to be able to unapprove a bill for payment

I don't believe this critical feature is not currently possible. Please add this feature.

The ability to revert approved bills to a draft is an essential feature to have along with the ability to add interest for late payments, or at least the ability to add additional line items to an approved invoice.

Unfortunately, I get the feeling that Xero is more interested in kick backs received from plugins rather than their customers requirements. This is giving me second thoughts as to weather I should keep Xero or go back to MYOB as the above is general accounting that is included in MYOB.

Suggest this -> https://productideas.xero.com/forums/939198-for-small-businesses/suggestions/45224872-bills-ability-to-return-an-unpublished-bill-to-d be merged into this idea.

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I'm relieved to have stumbled over this idea, as the similar one I originally had found (above) had what I thought to be an amazingly underwhelming level of support for what I think is a fundamentally essential feature.

This would be **EXTREMELY** useful.

Please add this feature.

This feature is a must. At times invoices are approved by accident and need to be reverted to drafts or unapproved.

This should be a basic function within Xero.

I would love this feature.

This seems to be constantly requested, it seems crazy that it's not already a feature

All, please remember to click "Vote" at the top and score how important it is for you, not just comment. Xero team is looking at vote proportions.

This feature would be very helpful when it has been approved in error or if you need to add a line to it for interest charged on late payments.

This is never going to happen. People have been talking about this problem ever since xero first started ~15ish years ago. They ask us users for feedback on using this system, but it seems like the more people ask for something the less likely it is to happen. It seems like some sort of stubborn aversion to making any changes unless they think of it first.

This function is a must for Bills & Invoices - the copy & void workaround does not work - it is time consuming and leaves room for user error.

This would be very helpful in cases when goods haven't been shipped yet!

Yes agreed , certainly a very useful facility for the situations explained by Nadine.
We are not live in Xero yet and lack of this feature will certainly cause problems.

Yes I need this option! So many times I've accidentally hit the Approve button instead of save!
I use the awaiting approval as editing draft invoices that get more added to them before the end of the month (such as weekly corporate contracts) cause then I'm not creating a new invoice every single time.
An alternative would be to swap the save and approve buttons, so the 'Save' is in the green on the right side.