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title: "Delete a project worker’s timecard"
slug: "how-to-delete-a-project-workers-timecard-utc"
updated: 2026-07-22T15:57:22Z
published: 2026-07-22T15:57:22Z
canonical: "help.wrapbook.com/how-to-delete-a-project-workers-timecard-utc"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Delete a project worker’s timecard

> [!NOTE]
> Deleting a project worker’s timecard is permission based.
> 
> To delete a project worker’s timecard, your account must have one of the following [roles](/v1/docs/roles-permissions) enabled:
> 
> - **Role:** *Company Admin, Company Manager, or assigned Project Coordinator*
> - **Custom role with:** *Projects, People & Approvals/Project management* - *Full access, or Manage; Payroll & Financials/Timecards - Full access, or Create and manage*

## Overview

Deletion of a project worker’s timecard is:

✅ Allowed if the timecard has never been added to a batch or paid

🚫 Not allowed if the timecard is in a payroll batch or already paid.

➡️ If timecard deletion is not allowed, you can either remove it from the batch or reverse the payment first, then retry delete.

## How to delete a project worker’s timecard

To delete a timecard that has never been added to a batch or paid:

1. Go to the project worker’s [timecards page](/v1/docs/how-to-create-a-timecard-for-a-project-worker-utc#how-to-access-a-project-workers-timecards)
2. At the top of the worker’s timecards page, click the dropdown menu to select the end date of the workweek that you want to delete
3. Click the **Actions** button and the select **Delete timecard**
4. In the confirmation popup, click the **OK** button

![Wage details and actions for Margit Gorczany's timecard management interface.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/67f3ef76-1568-46b4-8047-4792fc3a99ce/Images/Documentation/image-1773442537508.png)

*Select the* ***workweek****, click the* ***Actions*** *button and then select* ***Delete timecard***

![Confirmation prompt for deleting a timecard with options to cancel or proceed.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/67f3ef76-1568-46b4-8047-4792fc3a99ce/Images/Documentation/Untitled - 2025-10-23T103517.097.png)

*Click the* ***OK*** *button to confirm deletion of the project worker’s timecard*

## After deletion: what to expect

When a timecard is deleted, it may briefly appear in the timecards list as a **Draft** with a **$0.00 balance** before it is fully removed from the system. This is expected — the timecard is in the process of being cleared and will disappear on its own. No action is needed.

⚠️ **Deleted timecards cannot be restored.** Once a timecard has been fully removed from the system, there is no way to recover it automatically. If a timecard was deleted in error, it must be re-created from scratch.

### How to re-create a deleted timecard

If you have a **Company Admin**, **Company Manager**, or **assigned Project Coordinator** role — or a custom role with timecard create/manage access — you can re-create the timecard:

1. Go to the project's [**Timecards** dashboard](/v1/docs/overview-of-the-timecards-dashboard-utc)
2. Click **+ Create timecard**.
3. In the **Create timecard** drawer, search for the worker by name, title, department, week ending, union, or job title
4. Click **Create** next to the worker
5. Re-enter the worker's time details for the correct workweek
6. Save and recalculate, then submit the timecard for approval

💡 **Tip:** You'll need to manually re-enter all hours, allowances, and expenses from the original timecard. Double-check the workweek end date before saving to make sure it matches the intended pay period.

### Payroll considerations

Keep in mind:

- Timecard deletion is only possible if the timecard has **never been added to a payroll batch or paid**. If a timecard is already batched or paid, it cannot be deleted — remove it from the batch first (or reverse the payment), then retry deletion.
- If a timecard was deleted after payroll was already processed, [contact the Wrapbook Support Team](/v1/docs/how-to-get-help-using-wrapbook) to discuss a **payroll reversal** before re-creating the timecard. Re-creating a timecard after payroll has run without reversing first can result in a duplicate payment.
- Re-created timecards go through the standard [approval workflow](/v1/docs/timecard-and-payroll-approval-workflow-utc) before they can be [batched](/v1/docs/batching-project-worker-timecards-utc) for payroll

Legal document used to record employee's hours worked each week.

The method of identifying a group of documents input to an accounting system together for data flow control purposes; in data processing, a group of items entered a unique alpha and/or numerical identifier and held until processed. Regarding payroll processing, “batch” often denotes a specific department.

Under the US Department of Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, a fixed and recurring period of 168 hours — 7 consecutive 24-hour periods. All hours worked during that fixed period are tallied to determine if the employee has exceeded 40 hours.

By default, Wrapbook establishes a worker's workweek as starting on their first day of employment on the project. This is called a dynamic workweek because not all project workers will necessarily have the same workweek configuration.

Designates end of weekly pay period; for local locations five days (Monday through Friday); for distant locations six days (Monday through Saturday).

Refers to the days included in an employee’s weekly salary; typically Sunday through Saturday.