Merging duplicate vendors in Quickbooks Pro Desktop

Good afternoon, @Rozmore13. 

It's great to see you back in the Community! I'd be more than happy to help. 

To use the Merge Vendors tool, you'll need to have an Accountant or Enterprise account. Then, follow the steps below to perform the action: 

Accountant Edition:

1. Go to Accountant. 
2. Click Client Data Review. 
3. Tap Merge Vendors. 

Enterprise Edition:

1. Go to Company. 
2. Choose Accounting Tools. 
3. Press Merge Vendors. 

Afterwards, do the rest of the instructions listed below: 

1. Pick the vendors you want to merge, then hit Next. 
2. Select a Primary Vendor, and then click Merge. 
3. Tap Yes to merge the vendors and press OK. 

Look over this guide for additional details: Merge list entries in QuickBooks Desktop.

This should do the trick. I'm only a post away if you need me again. Take care! 

To merge a vendor, edit the duplicate/unwanted vendor and change its name to that of the one you want to keep.  When you do that does it work as expected?

Hi @Rozmore13 ,

I'm glad you asked. Merging duplicate vendors in Quickbooks Pro Desktop is not a difficult task, but you need to be careful and follow some steps. Here's what you need to do:

- First, make a backup of your company file, just in case something goes wrong.
- Next, go to the Vendors menu and select Vendor Center.
- Then, find the vendor that you want to keep and double-click on it to open the Edit Vendor window.
- In the Edit Vendor window, copy the name of the vendor and close the window.
- Now, find the vendor that you want to merge with the first one and double-click on it to open the Edit Vendor window again.
- In the Edit Vendor window, paste the name of the first vendor in the Vendor Name field and click OK.
- A message will pop up asking if you want to merge the two vendors. Click Yes to confirm.
- Repeat these steps for any other duplicate vendors that you want to merge.

That's it! You have successfully merged your duplicate vendors in Quickbooks Pro Desktop. I hope this helps. If you have any questions or issues, please let me know. Have a great day!