With this being the case, and especially if you expect to continue using your QB 2018 software without connected services, make sure to install all security and other updates your software receives prior to June 1, 2021. The discontinuation (sunset) also means that you’ll no longer get critical security updates for the QuickBooks 2018 software. For Pro and Premier users, the software will continue to run, but there won’t be any availability of add-on or connected services or live technical support.įrom Intuit: “Your access to QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Services, Live Support, Online Backup, Online Banking, and other services through QuickBooks Desktop 2018 software will be discontinued after May 31, 2021. This means that all Windows versions of QuickBooks Desktop, including Pro, Premier and Enterprise 18 will no longer be able to connect to add-on services like payroll or merchant services. Marks the end of access to add-on services for QuickBooks Desktop 2018 (Windows). But the software will also tell you, and those notifications shouldn’t be ignored. Granted, there is a lot of other advertising about QuickBooks that users receive, so it isn’t unusual for these notices to be missed. Intuit generally notifies customers in various ways about the discontinuation of QB editions. For businesses using QB 2018 and planning to continue using their QuickBooks software and data – you need to upgrade your QuickBooks software now. The software might continue to work, but connected services won’t, and there will certainly be no security or compatibility updates beyond that point. In general, a QuickBooks desktop edition can live for up to 3 years. This is referred to as the sunset of the version.
Every year when the new editions of QuickBooks desktop editions are released, Intuit discontinues services for certain older versions.
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