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Archiving & removing orders

Learn how to archive, restore, and remove orders from Starshipit.

3 min readUpdated May 14, 2024

Archive and Remove have two distinct functions. Archiving is ideal if you've already printed an order but don't want to send it anymore, or if you have an unshipped order you want to keep in Starshipit until it's ready to go. Removing an order is used when you want to re-import it at a later date from your eCommerce platform. All order history is recorded, so you can see if an order was archived, redone, etc. along with a timestamp.

How archiving works

  • Archiving orders keep the orders in the Archived tab so they can still be accessed in Starshipit, but actions like reprint or manifest cannot be performed on them.
  • If you want to perform actions on archived orders, they need to be restored first.
  • Within the Archived tab, there are two sub-tabs: unshipped and shipped (any orders that had labels printed).
  • You cannot remove printed and shipped orders from Starshipit however you can archive them.
  • If you have previously archived an order, you can choose to restore it or completely remove it from Starshipit via the Archived tab.
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If you redo an order, you are archiving that order and then making a clone of the same order. This is why you will have two copies of the same order: one that is archived and one that is not.

There is no mandatory waiting period between creating and archiving orders, however, it is recommended to archive orders after a certain period of time. Once orders are archived, no further notifications will be sent, and no updates to the tracking will be made.

How removing works

  • If an order is unshipped, you can remove the order from Starshipit entirely.
  • Orders removed from Starshipit can be re-imported from your eCommerce store later.

Archive orders

  1. Log into Starshipit then go to Orders.
  2. Select the orders you want to archive from the New, Printed or Shipped tabs.
  3. Either right-click on the order or click the Actions menu.
  4. Select Archive.
  5. The order will now appear in the Archived tab and actions will not be able to be performed, e.g. you will not be able to print the label unless you restore the order.

Restore archived orders

  1. Log into Starshipit then go to Orders > Archived.
  2. Select the orders you want to restore.
  3. Either right-click on the order or click the Actions menu.
  4. Select Restore.
  5. The order will now appear in the New, Printed, or Shipped tab and actions can be performed as normal.

Remove orders

To remove orders there are two options: Remove, and Remove all imported unshipped orders.

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If an order is unshipped, you can remove the order from Starshipit entirely. You cannot remove printed and shipped orders from Starshipit entirely, however, you can archive them.

Remove one or more unshipped order/s

  1. Log into Starshipit then go to Orders > New.
  2. Select the orders you want to remove.
  3. Either right-click on the order or click the Actions menu.
  4. Select Remove.

Remove all unshipped orders

  1. Log into Starshipit then go to Orders > New.
  2. Make sure all unshipped orders you want to keep are marked as Saved.
  3. Click on the Actions menu.
  4. Select Remove ALL imported unshipped orders.
  5. All orders will be removed, except those marked as Saved.

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