Edit a bank transaction explanation

This article explains how to edit a bank transaction explanation in FreeAgent.

Please note that you’ll need level 6 access or above to your FreeAgent account to edit bank transaction explanations.

Navigate to the relevant bank transaction

Navigate to the 'Banking' tab at the top of the screen and select 'Bank Accounts' from the drop-down menu.

'Bank Accounts' highlighted on Banking tab.

Choose the relevant bank account from the list.

List of bank accounts highlighted on 'Bank Accounts Summary' page.

You can either edit the explanation for a single bank transaction or multiple bank transactions in bulk.

How to edit an explanation for a single bank transaction

Select the name of the transaction that you’d like to edit. Make any relevant changes and select ‘Save changes’.

Expanded transaction with 'Save changes' button.

If you’re editing a transaction that has been explained as a transfer between bank accounts, tick the checkbox to the left of the relevant transaction instead of selecting the transaction description.

Checkbox ticked to select transaction explained as a transfer between accounts.

Then, select ‘Remove explanations' in the bar that appears above the list of transactions to remove the transfer explanation. This will allow you to re-explain the transaction to the relevant category.

'Remove explanations' button highlighted in bar above list of transactions.

How to edit multiple transaction explanations

If you need to edit multiple transactions, tick the checkboxes to the left of the relevant transactions and select ‘Explain transactions’.

'Explain transactions' button highlighted in bar above list of transactions.

Edit the transaction explanations in the pop-up window and select 'Explain [X] transactions'.

'Explain transactions' pop up window.

Please note that you can edit multiple ‘Money in’ explanations or multiple ‘Money out’ explanations at the same time, but you can’t edit a combination of the two. Instead, you'll need to edit one type of transaction first, then the other.

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