This free QuickBooks tutorial will show you how to merge two vendors. There may be duplicate vendors in the vendor list hat were mistakenly created. You shouldn’t delete or make one of the vendors inactive. The proper way to address duplicate vendors is to merge them. To merge vendors, perform the following steps:
1. Click Vendor on the menu bar, then click Vendor Center. Alternatively, you can click the Vendor icon on the icon bar.
2. Select the vendor that was mistakenly created.
3. In the Vendor Name field, you must type the name of the vendor that want to merge with. The name must be spelled exactly like it is in the vendor list. In this example, I am going to merge Moe Company with Curly Company. I will type Curly Company exactly like it is spelled in the vendor list.
4. After you type the name, click OK at the bottom, then click OK to confirm that you want to merge the two vendors.
5. The vendors have been merged and only Curly Company remains.