Make a Company Inactive/Active

Make a Company Inactive/Active

Enabling / Disabling a Company


You may disable a company in the system so that historical transactions may be retained, but remove them from the list of Companies in the Company Module.

To disable a company,

  1. Navigate to Quick Menu  / Companies (formally Customer / Vendor Central). 
  2. Highlight the company to disable. (2)
  3. Right-click and choose Edit / Make Active or Make Inactive  If disabled/inactive, the company will be shown in strike-through text. (3)

You may highlight multiple companies to batch activate / inactivate.

Inactive companies may be hidden from the list by clicking the Hide Disabled Companies checkbox at the bottom of the Companies Module. (4)




Steps on how to enable and disable a company


Last Updated  11/16/2020 - JML

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