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Is there a way to delete a purchase order after posting it?

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I have a couple of purchase orders that I have posted -> received and I was wondering if there is any way to delete them? Is there a way to "unpost" or "unreceive" them? And would that affect the chart of accounts back to the amount before I received these purchase orders?

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IB-29041624-0 1,191 Moderator on at

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You will have to cancel the purchase invoices that means basically that a purchase credit memo will be posted. That will affect both your inventory and your chart of accounts back to the figures before the purchase order was posted.

Go to posted purchase invoices and chose on of the options on the correct menu.

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Hello, thanks for the response. I tried the steps you provided and then I get this error:

I also tried to manually create a purchase credit memo but it just creates a blank and doesn't seem to affect anything. Is there a way to get around this by seeing that paid purchase invoice?

Really appreciate your help, Thank You!

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You can go to purchase credit memo. Use the function to copy document. Then you can copy the posted purchase invoice into a purchase credit memo that you review and post.

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YUN ZHU 102,476 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, I think the most correct way is to cancel the Payment Application first, and then cancel the invoice.

A simple example:

Hope this helps as well.

Thanks.

ZHU

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I agree with ZHU here unless the original invoice actually is payed before you find out you need to cancel it. Then i would not un apply the payment before creating credit memo.

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