> ## Documentation Index
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# Managing purchase orders

> Cancel, duplicate, archive, tag and track payment across your orders

Beyond the create-send-receive flow, a few actions help you keep your purchase orders tidy and track them the way your business works. Most live under **More actions** on an order.

## Duplicate

**Duplicate** creates a new draft with the same lines, costs and details - handy for a repeat order or a template you place regularly. The copy is a fresh draft with its own reference number.

## Cancel

**Cancel purchase order** calls off an order you've placed but that won't be fulfilled. It moves to **Cancelled** and its units stop counting as incoming. Use this rather than deleting when you want a record that the order existed.

## Archive

**Archive** hides an order from the status tabs to keep the list focused - archived orders only appear under the **All** tab, and you can **unarchive** at any time. Archiving is purely cosmetic; it doesn't change anything about the order.

## Delete

A purchase order with no stock received against it can be **deleted** outright. Once an order has any received inventory, it can't be deleted - close it instead, so the record and its cost history stay intact.

## Payment

Each order tracks a **payment due** date, and you can mark it **Paid** once you've settled with the supplier - so the list doubles as a simple view of what you still owe.

## Tags

**Tags** let you group orders however you like - by season, buyer, warehouse, priority. Find or create tags on the order, then filter and search the list by them.

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  Statuses recap: **Draft** (editable, no stock impact) → **Ordered** (placed, units incoming) → **Partially received** or **Received** (stock arriving) → **Closed** (finished, kept for records). **Cancelled** is a called-off order. Archived orders keep their status and just move out of the tabs.
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