Sales Invoices - Bulk remove/void
It is all too easy to accidentally upload a batch of sales invoices to Xero from the wrong period. It can then take absolutely hours to delete these as Xero does not have the functionality to remove these en masse.
Sarah Goddard
shared this idea
Hi community, thanks for sharing the challenges you face around deleting invoices.
Right now in Xero, invoices with a Draft status can be deleted in bulk from the list view - simply select the invoices and you’ll see an option to Delete at the top of the list.
We understand that for many in the thread here you’re referring to the ability to bulk remove invoices that have an approved status(bulk void) and I have just updated the title of this idea to better reflect this.
This isn’t a feature we have planned at this stage, but maybe something we explore longer term as a possible enhancement to the list view. For the time being, while not within the product for those with more technical resources there’s capability via our API that you may like to consider.
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Oliver Williams
commented
Can you introduce a "void " button please on the invoice listing page. We have dozens of invoices that have not been paid as customer cancelled order but we cannot void them in bulk. We would like to use the checkbox next to the listing of invoices and select "void" to do them all at the same time rather than one by one which we do not have time to do.
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Dominic Smith
commented
Just wanted to add my thoughts to this. I've come across a new client recently where the previous advisor has done a dreadful job of importing sales, with around 300 invoices that need to be manually deleted. Not only this but they've made manual payments, into a control account. This means for every single invoice we have to remove the payment, then void the invoice.
Whilst I understand you can bulk delete in draft, there has got to be a better way for this. This seems like quite a 'basic' feature that you really would expect a software of Xero's prominence to be able to do. I think most people would be shocked to realise that you cannot bulk delete invoices, and a problem like this can only be solved with literally hours of manual clicking.
I know that implementing these things is easier said than done, but if you are going to have a bulk import option (which is obviously good) then it seems a bit crazy to not have a bulk delete option. I realise you'd probably need safeguards around an option like this too, such as the ability to undo your bulk delete.
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Dorota Wilson
commented
Trying to tidy up the mess after transfer from myob and looks like I ended up in even bigger one! It'll take me days to sort it out now :(
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Carolyn Cullen
commented
This would be a great feature. My client set up a link with their ecommerce platform which has created 425 incorrect sales invoices in Xero which now need to be deleted
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Catherine Panuccio
commented
So frustrating that this can’t be done as it’s so easy to upload/sync a batch of invoices. Therefore you should be able to delete a batch of invoices in return.
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Nishan Seneviratne
commented
1377 Unpaid Invoices needing to be bulk voided and Xero Support refuse to assist. Just great........
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Sarah Jukes
commented
I've got 673 invoices that were uploaded incorrectly and I need to delete them all... doing this individually will take HOURS!
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Sarah Goddard
commented
It is all too easy to accidentally upload a batch of sales invoices to Xero from the wrong period. It can then take absolutely hours to delete these as Xero does not have the functionality to remove these en masse.