Cash App is a mobile payment system that allows you to send and receive money with friends. The app relies on user accounts, which are managed through the app itself. Each Cash account stores transaction details, such as deposits and withdrawals. If you send or receive money on the Cash App frequently, it’s easier to keep track of your transactions by filtering them by date. But what happens if you don’t want to filter your transactions? What if you just want to get rid of them for some other reason? Cash App users can delete transactions from their accounts at any time. This article outlines how to do so and what you should know about doing so before taking action.
How To Delete Transactions On Cash App?
1. Go to the Menu
The first step in deleting transactions from the “secret” ledger is to go to the menu. You can find the menu by tapping on the 3 horizontal bars at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Once you tap on the “Menu” button, you’ll be brought to a screen where you’ll see a “Settings” button at the top left-hand corner of your screen. You can easily find settings from this button.
2. Select “Manage Data”
Once you’ve clicked on the settings button, you’ll be brought to a menu where you’ll see the “Manage Data” button. Click on this button to get to the management data screen. Once you’re here, you’ll see a “Hidden” button. Click on “Hidden” to access your hidden ledger.
3. Select “Delete Transactions”
Once you’ve accessed the hidden ledger, you can select the “Delete Transactions” button to delete the transactions from the hidden ledger.
4. You can also delete individual transactions.
Apart from deleting all transactions from the hidden ledger, you can also delete individual transactions by selecting the “Delete” button beside the transaction. Another way to delete individual transactions from the hidden ledger is by “locking in” the transaction. What does this mean? Once you’ve “locked in” the transaction, it will be visible in your wallet. However, it won’t show up on your profile or on anyone else’s profile.
5. Locked-in Transactions
If you select the “Lock In” button beside the transaction, it will be visible on your wallet but won’t show up on your profile or anyone else’s profile. This means that the transaction won’t be visible on your profile or on anyone else’s profile. However, the transaction will still show up in the official ledger. That said, if you ever need to delete the transaction, all you have to do is unlock the transaction.
6. Deleting Multiple Transactions at a Time
You can also delete multiple transactions by clicking on the “Select” button beside the transaction. Once you click on the “Select” button, you’ll be able to select multiple transactions at once. Once you select the transactions, you can click on the “Delete” button to remove the selected transactions. You can also select all the transactions in the hidden ledger and click on the “Delete All” button to delete everything at once.
What Happens When You Delete A Transaction?
Deleting a Credit (Debit) Transaction
If you delete a credit transaction, the money is gone forever. It is no longer available to you. If the amount of the transaction was an expense you previously paid and you delete the transaction, it no longer appears on the expense side of your profit and loss statement. The profit and loss statement now shows your expenses being higher than they should be. If the amount of the transaction was income you previously received but you deleted the transaction, it no longer appears on the income side of your income and loss statement. The income and loss statement now shows your income is lower than it should be. At the end of the accounting period, if you didn’t record a new transaction to replace the deleted transaction and the amount of the deleted transaction was an expense, it appears as an adjustment to your net profit. We call it an adjustment because, even though the expense amount is incorrect, it shows up on your profit and loss statement as an adjustment rather than being corrected. When the adjustment is removed at the end of the accounting period, your net profit is reduced by the amount of the expense adjustment.
Deleting a Receipt (Payment) Transaction
If you delete a receipt transaction, the money is gone forever. If the amount of the transaction was a payment you previously received but you deleted the transaction, the payment no longer appears on your cash flow statement. You are now missing the cash that the payment would have provided. At the end of the accounting period, if you didn’t record a new transaction to replace the deleted transaction and the amount of the deleted transaction was a payment, it appears as an adjustment to your cash flow. When the adjustment is removed at the end of the accounting period, your cash flow is reduced by the amount of the payment adjustment.
Deleting an Income (Expense) Transaction
If you delete an income transaction, the money is gone forever. If the amount of the transaction was an expense that you previously paid but you deleted the transaction, the expense no longer appears on your profit and loss statement. At the end of the accounting period, the amount of the expense adjustment is the amount of the missing expense. If the amount of the transaction was an expense that you previously recorded but you deleted the transaction, the expense no longer appears on your profit and loss statement. At the end of the accounting period, the amount of the missing expense adjustment is the amount of the deleted expense.
How To Restore A Deleted Transaction In Cash App?
- If you deleted a transaction on the Cash App and then realize you made a mistake, you can restore the transaction.
- If you deleted the transaction within 10 minutes of sending or receiving the money, you can restore it instantly via the in-app chat feature. Alternatively, you can click the “More” option on the bottom menu bar and then choose “Report a Problem.”
- If you deleted the transaction more than 10 minutes ago, you’ll have to call customer service to restore the transaction.
What Things To Know Before Restoring Your Deleted Transaction?
- You can only restore a transaction that you deleted within 7 days of the transaction. After 7 days, you cannot restore the transaction.
- You should only restore a transaction if you absolutely have to. Restoring a transaction will remove it from your account, and you might not be able to see it again.
- You can only restore one transaction for 24 hours. If you try to restore another transaction, you’ll see an error message that says “One restore per day.”
How To Recover Deleted Cash App Receipts?
- If you’re having issues recovering a transaction, you can also recover the receipts for your cash app. Receipts provide you with the transaction details, including the amount, the date, and the name of the person you sent or received money to.
- If you’ve deleted a transaction and want to view the receipt for that transaction, here’s what you need to do: Click on the More tab from the top right-hand corner of your screen. You’ll see a drop-down menu with a number of options.
- Click on Settings from that list. Click on Transactions from the Settings list. You’ll see a list of your pending transactions. Click on the drop-down menu next to the word ‘All’. You’ll see a number of options, including Receipts, History, and More. Click on Receipts. You’ll see a list of all your receipts. Click on the one you want to view.
- You’ll see a receipt with the details of your transaction. Click on the ‘Restore’ button on the right-hand side of the screen. You’ll be taken to the confirmation screen. Click on the Restore button to restore your deleted receipt.
Bottom Line
Cash App is a convenient way to send and receive money with friends. But what happens when you make a mistake and accidentally delete a transaction? In such cases, you’ll want to know how to undelete a transaction on the Cash App. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to undelete a transaction once you’ve deleted it. You’ll need to restore it.
