Delete an employee

Small companies sometimes think about deleting employees that no longer work for them. The problem is that you'll need the employee pay info in the system for year-end taxes. You can instead change the employee's status to one of the inactive options like Terminated or Unpaid leave.

You cannot delete an employee from the employee list if you have paid them during the current year. Use caution when deleting an employee.

To delete an employee:

1. In the left navigation bar, click Employees.
2. Click the name of the employee to delete, and then click Edit employee.
3. Click Delete employee at the bottom of the employee's page.
4. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

See Take an employee off payroll to change the status of an active employee.

See also

• What to do when an employee leaves or is terminated
• Payroll topics

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