If you've gone looking for a "Delete business" button and couldn't find one, that's by design. AgroYield archives businesses rather than deleting them. This article explains why, how to archive, and how to bring a business back.
Why there's no permanent delete
A business on AgroYield isn't just a name — it's the anchor for your invoices, expenses, customers, vendors, bank accounts, stock records, payroll history, and the double-entry trail behind your reports. Permanently deleting all of that would break the historical record: last quarter's Profit & Loss would no longer reconcile, an invoice you already sent a customer would point at nothing, and your audit trail would have a hole in it.
Archiving solves the real need ("I don't want to see this business anymore / I'm done with it") without destroying anything. Your data stays exactly where it is. You can un-archive at any time and pick up where you left off.
What archiving does
When you archive a business:
- It disappears from your business switcher's main list and moves into an Archived section at the bottom (so you can still find it).
- It becomes read-only — you can open it and view everything, but you can't create or edit invoices, expenses, products, payroll, and so on. A banner at the top of the business explains why and offers a one-click way to un-archive.
- It no longer counts against your plan's business limit. If you're on a plan that allows one business, archiving frees that slot so you can create or run another.
- All of your data is preserved — nothing is deleted.
How to archive a business
Archiving is owner-only. If you're an accountant or staff member on the business, you'll need the owner to do it.
- Switch to the business you want to archive.
- Go to Settings (in the business section).
- Scroll to the Danger zone at the bottom of the page.
- Click Archive this business….
- Type the business's exact name to confirm — this is a deliberate speed bump so you don't archive the wrong one.
- Click Archive.
Checks that must pass first
Archiving is blocked if either of these is true, because archiving while money is moving would strand funds:
- Your AgroYield wallet still holds a balance. Withdraw or move the funds to zero the wallet first.
- You have payouts in flight. Wait for any in-progress payout batches to finish settling, then try again.
If you hit one of these, the page tells you which one is blocking and you can clear it and retry.
What it looks like while archived
Open an archived business and you'll see a banner reading that the business is archived and read-only, with an Un-archive → link to Settings. In the switcher, archived businesses sit under an Archived heading with a 🗄️ icon and a "read-only · un-archive in settings" note.
How to un-archive
- Open the archived business from the Archived section of your switcher (or from Settings).
- Go to Settings → Danger zone (it now shows an amber "This business is archived" panel).
- Click Un-archive business.
One caveat: un-archiving counts the business against your plan's limit again. If you're on a one-business plan and you've started using another business in the meantime, you may need to archive that one or upgrade your plan before the un-archive will go through. The page will tell you if that's the case.
Related
- If a business went read-only on its own without you archiving it, that's usually a plan downgrade — see your subscription settings and look for an "Upgrade to Growth" prompt in the banner.