Why is accounting software automatically emailing my clients?
Platforms like QuickBooks Online turn on automated payment reminders and collection notices by default without warning users. This unexpected communication sends intrusive or premature emails to clients right after an invoice is issued, forcing business owners to send awkward apologies and scramble to turn the hidden feature off.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Change the default setting under Account and settings to turn off reminders
- 2Manually enter fake client email addresses like [email protected] to prevent automated emails
- 3Send invoices directly from personal email with a downloaded copy instead of through the platform
- 4Switching to alternative software or desktop download versions
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“So later I find out that QB by DEFAULT is now sending my client Payment reminders and Late notices without my knowledge or consent!”source ↗
“Recently discovered that QBO was send emails to clients who opened invoices, but didn’t immediately pay asking them to “finish their payment”.”source ↗
“We have had the same problem! It sent a nasty email a day after we invoiced them. So I had to apologize and figure out how to stop it.”source ↗
Where this came up
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