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How to Create, Edit and Delete Payees

Budget Flow provides the ability to create Payees and assign them to Transactions (including automatisms so that various fields such as the Category or Account are automatically selected).

Create a Payee

  • To create a new Payee, open the “Settings” of the app and navigate to “General” => “Manage Payees”. In the upcoming view, you will see all the Payees that exist in the currently active Budget Book. The Payees are grouped by the first letter of their name.

To create a new Payee, click on the “+” button in the top right. Next you will see a new view where you can set the properties of the Payee:

PropertyDescription
NameThe unique name of the payee.
AccountThe optional account of the payee which is automatically selected when the payee is assigned to a transaction.

For more information about accounts and which features to use click here.
CategoryThe optional category of the payee which is automatically selected when the payee is assigned to a transaction.

For more information about categories and which features to use click here.
LocationThe optional location of the payee which is automatically selected when the payee is assigned to a transaction.
NotesThe optional notes of the payee.
Properties of Payees
  • Finally click on “Save”. Your newly created Payee will then appear in the list of all the Payees that you have created.

Edit Payees

Edit a Payee

  • After you have created a Payee, you can edit it at any time. To do this, first go to the app’s settings and navigate to “General” => “Manage Payees” as you did when adding.
  • To edit a Payee, either swipe from right to left and click on the “Pen”-icon, or long press to open the context menu and select “Edit”.
  • After that, you can modify your existing Payee as you like and finally click “Save” to save your changes.
Tip

If you create a new Transaction and want to change the name of the Payee, for example, you do not have to cancel the process and switch to the settings. Instead, you can edit the corresponding Payee directly in the list of Payees displayed there.

Delete Payees

  • To delete a Payee, go to the app’s settings again and navigate to “General” => “Manage Payees”.
  • To delete a specific one, either swipe from right to left and click on the “Trash”-icon, or long press to open the context menu and select “Delete”.
  • You can also swipe from right to left and click on the “Pen”-icon or long press to open the context menu and select “Edit” to edit a specific Payee. At the bottom you will then find a “Delete Payee” button with which you can delete the currently edited Payee.
  • After that, a dialog will appear asking you to confirm the deletion. Once you confirm, the corresponding Payee will be deleted.
Tip

If you want to delete multiple Payees at the same time, you can also activate the editing mode using the “Pen” icon in the top right and select all Payees to be deleted. As soon as you click on “Delete” and confirm the dialog, all selected Payees will be deleted.

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