Edit, split or delete a time entry

Three ways to correct an entry, and which one to reach for.

Guide1 min readUpdated 29 September 2026

Find the entry on the daily timesheet and use the actions on its row. Which tool you want depends on what is wrong.

Edit, when the entry is right but a detail is wrong

Use edit to change the start or end time, or to move the entry to a different project or task. This is what you want when a timer ran twenty minutes long, or when you tracked against the wrong project.

The same rules as a manual entry apply: no future times, no end before start, and no overlap with time already recorded.

Split, when one entry is really two or more

Use split when a single stretch of tracked time covered more than one thing. You set the boundaries and each piece becomes its own entry, which you can then re-assign to the right project or delete.

This is the tool for a timer that ran through lunch, or one that ran overnight. Split at the point you stopped, then delete the remainder.

Delete, when the entry should not exist

Use delete for a duplicate, or for time that was never worked. Deleting removes the hours from every total that reads them: your timesheet, reports, and any invoice not yet settled.

What you can and cannot change

  • Members can normally correct their own entries. Editing someone else's requires a permission your role may not include.
  • The backdating limit applies to corrections as well as to new entries.
  • Hours already covered by an invoice marked paid are settled. You can still change the entry, but the paid invoice keeps the amount it was paid at, because it is a record of a transaction and not a live calculation.

Screenshots stay with the time

Screenshots belong to the period they were taken in. Deleting a time entry does not sweep them away, and splitting an entry keeps each screenshot with whichever piece covers its timestamp.

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