When using QuickBooks to pay bills, clients, and colleagues, you may make mistakes such as putting the wrong amount on a check or sending a check to the wrong individual. You may use QuickBooks to invalidate a check before finishing the transaction in such instances. The void a check in Quickbooks remains in the application's register, but the amount of the check is changed to zero. The check number, payee, and date are also recorded in the register as a record of the canceled transaction.

Voiding a Check in QuickBooks

1. Select "Banking," then "Use Register." Select the account from which the cheque was written.
2. Select the check number/entry you wish to invalidate by clicking on it.

3. Select "Edit," then "Void Check." When provided with a dialogue asking if you wish to nullify the check in the current period, select "Yes." This converts the check's amount to zero and updates your company's journal with the date you're voiding it on. Alternatively, if you only want to nullify the check using the date it was written, select "No." This does not alter your company's log, but it does indicate that the check has been invalidated.

4. To complete the void, click "Record."