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How to delete a payment in the patient record
How to delete a payment in the patient record

🇦🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪 AU, UK, CA, ROI - Deleting payments from the 'Account' tab in the patient record

Shelley Withington avatar
Written by Shelley Withington
Updated over a week ago

💡 Top tip: In order to delete a payment, you must either have Permission Level 4 access or have 'Can delete payments?' turned in your user settings.

How do I delete a payment from within the patient record?

To delete a payment:

  • Navigate to the patient’s account tab

  • Click the bin icon on the corresponding payment

  • If the payment is explained against an invoice and has a green tick, you will need to remove the payment explanation before you’re able to delete the payment.

  • Clicking on the link/unlink icon next to the tick will remove the explanation and return the invoice to unpaid. 

  • You can then click on the bin by the unexplained payment icon to delete the transaction entirely and adjust the patient’s balance accordingly.

📝 Please note: If you have integrated Dentally with your Xero account, you will have the payment locking option activated, which prevents payments from being removed once the payment date has passed.

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