> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.commander.finance/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Merging two merchants

> Combine duplicate merchant records in Commander Finance so one name carries all the transactions, and tell merging apart from renaming and deleting.

Banks report the same business under different names, so Commander Finance can end up holding two merchant records for one place. Merging moves every transaction onto the merchant you keep and deletes the other.

<Note>Merging can't be undone.</Note>

## Merging from the Merchants page

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the duplicate">
    Open the **Merchants** page and locate the merchant you want to remove.
    A merge starts from the record that goes away, not from the one you're
    keeping.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the merge form">
    In the row's overflow menu, select **Merge into…**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the merchant to keep">
    Under **Target Merchant**, pick the record that survives. Its name is
    the one you'll see afterward.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Merge">Select **Save**.</Step>
</Steps>

The form closes and the list refreshes with one merchant carrying both sets of transactions. Commander merges one merchant at a time, so clear a third duplicate with a second merge.

If the merge fails, the form stays open with the reason and keeps your selection, so you can try again without picking the target a second time.

## Merging from the review queue

Newly detected merchants whose name or budget line you haven't confirmed collect on the **Merchants needing review** page, which you reach from **Review** beside the roster's Needs review count. Each row there offers **Merge into another merchant**, which opens the same form.

## Merging, renaming, and deleting

The three actions look similar and do different things to your transactions:

* **Merge** when two records describe one business. The transactions move to the merchant you keep.
* **Rename** when a single merchant carries the wrong name. Renaming changes the displayed name and leaves transactions alone.
* **Delete** when a merchant shouldn't exist at all. Deleting unlinks its transactions, which then belong to no merchant.

## Related

* [Merchants](/core-concepts/merchants)
* [Creating a new transaction](/how-to/create-transaction)


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