Bulk edit items
About bulk editing items
Bulk editing allows you to make changes to multiple existing items, descriptions, and variations at the same time. From your Square Item Library in Square Dashboard, you can bulk edit up to 250 item variations at a time.
- Item name
- Item type
- GTIN
- SKU
- Categories
- Reporting category
- Price
- Online sale price
- Sold by
- Weight
- Default vendor
- Vendor code
- Unit cost
- Locations
- Description
- Age restriction
- Chanel listing attributes
- Custom Attributes
- SEO Title
- SEO Description
- SEO Permalink
- Is Alcoholic
- Calorie count (Calories)
- Dietary preferences
- Contains the following (select common food allergens)
- Kitchen name attribute
- Online fulfillment methods
- Nutritional Information
- Modifiers
- Menus
Before you begin
You can bulk edit items from your Square Dashboard.
Bulk editing is different from bulk importing and bulk actions. Learn how to bulk import items and update multiple items with bulk actions.
Bulk edit items
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Items > Item library.
Check the box next to each item you want to edit. Check the box at the top of the item column to select all items.
Click Edit items at the bottom of the page.
Click the Attributes drop-down menu and select the attributes you want to show in the bulk edit item view.
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You can edit one cell at a time or across multiple cells:
To select all cells in a column, click the column header.
To select multiple adjacent cells, press and hold Shift on your keyboard then click the first and last cells in a range.
To select specific cells that aren't adjacent, press and hold Ctrl or ⌘Cmd on your keyboard and click each cell.
Make the changes to your items, descriptions, or variations.
Click Update variations.
Bulk update items
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Items & services (or Items & menus or Items & inventory) > Items > Item library.
Use the item filters to narrow down your item search.
Mark the checkbox by each item you want to update to see the corresponding bulk actions appear under Actions.