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Tracking - Ability to bulk Archive categories

We use tracking categories of building jobs. It would be great to archive the tracking category once the job it complete. Allowing a P&L by tracking category report to only show active jobs.

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  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sara Wain commented first > July 19, 2022 10:56 AM

    Hi Xero,

    Just me again. So how is that “bulk archive tracking categories” request from July 2022 coming along? It’s now July 2025 — we’ve changed Prime Ministers, Taylor Swift has dropped three albums, and I’ve archived about 800 jobs one click at a time.

    In a nutshell:
    Since this request was raised, Xero has:

    - Appointed a new CEO,
    - Cut 700+ staff,
    - Turned a NZD 113m loss into a NZD 174m profit,
    - Bought a US fintech for $2.5 billion,
    - Overhauled its reporting tools,
    - Launched Tap to Pay and carbon tracking features,
    - And revamped the Product Ideas platform…

    Yet still no “select all” checkbox - not even a response!

    Any chance we could see this before your next profit spike or billion-dollar acquisition? 😉

    Charlie Walter

  • Su Pike commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have hundreds - if not thousands - of tracking categories that are seriously affecting my ability to produce reports. Please can you bring in a feature to bulk archive them?

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Jul 29, 2025 8:40pm
    😂😂😂 the anticipated response!
    I will wait - TIK TOK

  • Simon Elgar commented  ·   ·  Report

    Come on Xero! Even if it just to tell us it will never be done!

  • Leeann Wedlake commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please, please, need better functionality - Adding my name to the list. Archiving one by one is insanely time-consuming.

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    This was not submitted in 2023. I have threads going back way before that. I will keep on responding every time.

  • Lishelle Young commented  ·   ·  Report

    Adding my name to the list. Archiving one by one is insanely time-consuming.

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    @Su Pike -They wont answer you. I have been asking for years

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    @Su Pike -They wont answer you. I have been askign for years

  • Su Pike commented  ·   ·  Report

    Are there any plans to help manage tracking categories - particularly bulk archiving.
    I am currently archiving hundreds of these and it is very time intensive.
    Thanks.
    Susie

  • Jane Mullan commented  ·   ·  Report

    I asked in August 204 if anything had been done about this as I see people have been asking for years for a solution - very disappointed that Xero have not thought about this yet nor posted any comment.

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Has Xero answered if they intend to do this???
    I have only been asking the same question for years.....
    Just wanted to make sure I hadnt missed a response!!

  • Des Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    It would be very helpful to have this feature.

  • Steve Brooks commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would be so useful to archive in bulk and save a load of time

  • Kylie Ryan commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have hundreds old tracking categories from as far back as 2016 that I am currently deleting one by one. It would be a great help to be able to select multiple tracking categories and delete them in bulk.

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Xero - are you planning to ever respond to this thread?
    It would be greatly appreciated :)

    Charlie Walter commented
    11 Nov 24 plus the last one as you are bulking my comments now

    Charlie Walter commented
    Oct 30, 2023
    Any news on this one Xero?

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jan 14, 2024
    We having been asking for this for years. Hard hard could it be to implement.

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jan 14, 2024
    Not only do you have to select each one, it kicks you out to where it has been archived & you have to click back into where you were to delete the next one!

    Charlie Walter commented
    Mar 14, 2024 ·
    Absolutely critical - yep I feel lthe same as Casey-Lee " So painful and time wasting... what feels like 10 clicks just for one archive."

    A PUNISH!

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jul 17, 2024
    Xero > are you going to update us on this??

  • Charlie Walter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Is there ever going to be a response from Xero on this??

    Charlie Walter commented
    Oct 30, 2023
    Any news on this one Xero?

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jan 14, 2024
    We having been asking for this for years. Hard hard could it be to implement.

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jan 14, 2024
    Not only do you have to select each one, it kicks you out to where it has been archived & you have to click back into where you were to delete the next one!

    Charlie Walter commented
    Mar 14, 2024 ·
    Absolutely critical - yep I feel lthe same as Casey-Lee " So painful and time wasting... what feels like 10 clicks just for one archive."

    A PUNISH!

    Charlie Walter commented
    Jul 17, 2024
    Xero > are you going to update us on this??

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