After archiving a company, you may wish to permanently delete it, or alternatively you may wish to reuse the name of a company you have archived or merged.
For reference, when two companies merge in the Ezekia platform, the secondary company is not permanently deleted but instead archived. This archived company remains accessible in the system, which prevents the reuse of the company name for new entries. To reuse the company name, you must fully delete the archived company.
Follow these steps illustrated on the below screenshot to proceed:
1 & 2) Click on the Companies (building) icon
3) Expand More Filters
4) Tick the Switch to archived box
5) Search for the company name in the filter field
6) Select the bin icon next to the company you wish to fully delete.
After deleting the archived company, you are free to rename or create a new entry with the previously used company name. Ensure all details are correctly entered to maintain data integrity and to keep within naming conventions.
This method could also be used to restore an accidentally merged company, but please note that any information copied over from the secondary company would still be present on the primary. You may wish to amend/delete this extra data.