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# How do I merge customers/vendors?

You can merge a customer with a customer and a vendor with a vendor. The process to merge either customers or vendors are the same.

**Notes:**

*   You can only merge Customers/Vendors that use the same currency.
*   After merging, all transactions linked to the merged customer/vendor will be listed under the master customer/vendor’s transactions.

To merge two customers/vendors:

*   Go to the **Sales** > **Customers** (for customers) or **Purchases** > **Vendors** (for vendors), and select the contact you want to merge.
*   Click the **More** drop down in the top right corner of the details page and click **Merge Customers** or **Merge Vendors**.
*   Select the **Master Customer** or **Master Vendor** you want to merge with and click **Continue**.
*   Click **Confirm** to merge.

![merge customers/vendors](/books/kb/images/contacts/merge-contact.png)

If you would like to merge more than two customers/vendors, go to the **Customers** or the **Vendors** module and select customers/vendors you would like to merge. Click **More** > **Merge** and follow the steps mentioned above.

![merge multiple customers/vendors](/books/kb/images/contacts/merge-multiple-contacts.png)

The master customer/vendor will retain all the transactions of the merged customers/vendors and the merged customers/vendors will be marked as inactive. You can mark the customers/vendors active again but this will not transfer the transactions back to the merged customer/vendor.

**Insight:** You **cannot** merge a customer to a vendor. But in case, a person is both a customer and a vendor, you can **link** them. Select the customer/vendor you want to link > **More** > **Link to customer/vendor**. Linking customers to vendors will treat them as two different customers/vendors and will not merge their transactions. [Learn More.](https://www.zoho.com/books/help/contacts/link-customer-and-vendor.html)