{"id":145092,"date":"2026-09-13T12:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T12:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=145092"},"modified":"2026-09-13T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:15:24","slug":"can-i-edit-or-delete-the-invoice-payment-directly-from-the-purchase-invoice-screen","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/can-i-edit-or-delete-the-invoice-payment-directly-from-the-purchase-invoice-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I edit or delete the invoice payment directly from the purchase invoice screen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>No<\/strong>, the payment created on the purchase invoice as a result of a custody settlement is <strong>read-only<\/strong> from the invoice&#8217;s side; it cannot be edited or deleted directly from the purchase invoice screen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To edit or delete this payment, you must go back to its original source; the <strong>custody settlement<\/strong> screen itself within the Employee Custody module; and edit or delete the settlement row from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","categories":[2118,2108,9541],"tags":[15138,15137,15140,15136,15139,15142,15141,15065],"class_list":["post-145092","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-finance","category-accounting","category-employee-custody","tag-can-i-edit-a-custody-payment-from-the-invoice","tag-custody-settlement-payment-is-read-only","tag-delete-a-custody-settlement-payment","tag-edit-or-delete-invoice-payment-from-purchase-screen","tag-edit-the-settlement-row-from-the-custody-screen","tag-original-source-of-the-invoice-payment","tag-purchase-invoice-linked-to-employee-custody","tag-settle-custody-via-purchase-invoice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can I edit or delete the invoice payment directly from the purchase invoice screen? 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