Quick answer
QuickBooks Self-Employed is no longer sold to new customers, and its replacement is QuickBooks Solopreneur. Existing subscribers can keep using Self-Employed or switch, which automatically moves customers, invoices, trips, products and services, bank connections, up to three years of transactions, and receipts. Export your reports and transaction CSVs first, because the old account closes when the switch finishes.
What happened to QuickBooks Self-Employed
QuickBooks Self-Employed still exists for people who already subscribe. Intuit stopped offering it to new customers and removed the mobile app from the Android and iOS stores on March 24, 2024. If you downloaded the app before then, you keep access from your store library. The web version at selfemployed.intuit.com continues to work for existing accounts.
The replacement is QuickBooks Solopreneur, which Intuit built as the next step for one-person businesses. It sits in the QuickBooks Online product family and keeps the Self-Employed focus on Schedule C tracking, mileage, and tax readiness while adding estimates, financial goals, and TurboTax integration. The old /self-employed/ marketing page now leads to Solopreneur plans.
Status note. Your QuickBooks Self-Employed subscription still renews and your data is still there. Do not cancel the subscription until after you have exported your records and confirmed that the new product holds them. Cancelling first can cost you access to the only copy of older data.
What QuickBooks Solopreneur is and is not
QuickBooks Solopreneur is cloud software for one-person businesses, including sole proprietors and single-member LLCs filing Schedule C. It uses single-entry bookkeeping with automatic transaction categorization, receipt capture, mileage tracking, and simple reports. It is not QuickBooks Desktop, and it has no multi-user mode or company file, so advice about hosting, .QBW files, and network paths does not apply.
Solopreneur also acts as a starting point. Intuit lets you upgrade from Solopreneur to QuickBooks Online Simple Start or another Online edition later, but there is no downgrade path back to Solopreneur. If you expect to need a customizable chart of accounts, a balance sheet, or accountant access soon, compare the QuickBooks Online setup guide before you choose.
What data carries over, and what does not
Intuit's migration is automatic for most records, but the list has gaps that matter at tax time. Check the switch screen, because Intuit updates the migration experience over time.
| Data | What happens when you switch |
|---|---|
| Customers | Moves automatically |
| Invoices | Moves only for accounts using the new invoice experience |
| Trips (mileage) | Moves automatically |
| Products and services | Move automatically |
| Bank connections | Move automatically; no need to reconnect after the switch |
| Transactions | Moves up to three years of history |
| Receipts | Move automatically and stay attached |
| Rules | Not yet part of the automatic move |
| Quarterly tax estimates | Not yet part of the automatic move |
| Third-party app integrations (Etsy, Uber, Amazon) | Do not move; reconnect them in Solopreneur |
| Tags and vendors | Do not move; keep your own record |
Notice the two-year hole for older transactions: anything beyond three years stays behind. If you need five or seven years of history for a loan, an audit, or a prior-year amendment, export it before the switch, because the Self-Employed account closes when the process completes.
Before you switch: export what will not transfer
The move is one-way. Once your data is copied to Solopreneur, you cannot return to QuickBooks Self-Employed, and Intuit states you will not be able to access the old account after the upgrade finishes. Download reports and transaction files first, and store them somewhere other than the computer you are working on.
QuickBooks Self-Employed gives you two useful exports:
- Financial reports. Open Reports, choose a report, pick the tax year from the dropdown, and select Download. Repeat for the report types you rely on, including tax details, profit and loss, mileage log, and receipts.
- Transactions. Open Transactions, filter by type, account, and time period, then select the Export icon to save a CSV to Excel. Receipts are not included in this file; download them per transaction or from the Reports menu by tax year.
Do not skip the CSV export just because the migration copies transactions. The CSV is your audit trail, and it is the only complete copy of the years that will not move. It is also the file you would use if the automatic switch stalls and you rebuild in a fresh product.
How to migrate from QuickBooks Self-Employed
Confirm how your subscription is billed
Automatic migration is available when Intuit bills your subscription directly. If you pay through the Apple App Store or Google Play, you follow the manual path instead. Check your renewal receipt or your Intuit account billing page before you start, so you know which set of steps applies.
Download reports for every tax year in the account
Sign in at selfemployed.intuit.com, open Reports, and download the tax details, profit and loss, mileage log, and receipt reports for each year you have used the product. Save them to a folder outside any sync service you might stop paying for.
Export transactions to CSV, year by year
Open Transactions, set the time period to a single tax year, and select the Export icon. Repeat for each year. Remember that the CSV holds transactions only, not receipt images, so handle receipts separately in the same step.
Record the things that cannot migrate
Write down or screenshot your vendor list, tags, and connected apps such as Etsy, Uber, or Amazon. You will recreate them in Solopreneur, and starting from a list takes minutes instead of an afternoon of memory work.
Start the switch from Settings
In QuickBooks Self-Employed, open Settings and select Upgrade. Choose the plan in the QuickBooks Solopreneur column, review the feature changes, and continue. When the summary of copied data appears, select Download data if you have not already saved everything. If you download from that screen, you return to Reports and restart the upgrade afterward.
Finish setup and check what arrived
Select Get Started, then Start, and confirm your business details. Once Solopreneur opens, verify the basics: recent transactions, trips, receipts, customers, invoices, and the bank connection. Compare the newest months against your CSV before you trust the totals.
Use the manual path if you pay through an app store
If your subscription runs through the App Store or Google Play, subscribe to Solopreneur from the official plans page, connect your bank and credit card accounts so recent transactions download, and upload the CSV for anything the bank feed cannot reach. Recreate vendors, tags, and integrations by hand.
Cancel the old subscription only after verifying
When the new account is complete and reconciled, cancel QuickBooks Self-Employed so you are not billed twice during the transition. If anything looks wrong, contact Intuit support before cancelling; the old account is your fallback while it is still open.
How to avoid duplicate books after migrating
Duplicate transactions are the most common complaint after a switch, and the cause is almost always doing two imports of the same data. The automatic migration already brings your transactions across, so importing the CSV you exported as a backup creates a second copy of every row. Keep the CSV archived instead of uploading it.
If duplicates do appear, Intuit's guidance is to go to the Bank transactions page in the new product, select Update, and compare the entries in the For review table against your last sync date, looking up to three days back. Confirm which rows are duplicates, then exclude them so they stay out of your books. The same rule applies after a bank reconnect: exclude anything already downloaded through the previous connection. A short review session now prevents a tax-time cleanup job.
You can also recategorize anything the migration sorted differently; the Self-Employed categorization guide explains how the business and personal split works. If a bank feed still shows the old connection, follow the bank connection fixes rather than deleting and re-adding the account.
If the automatic switch fails
Upgrade processes can stall, especially when a bank feed or an invoice is mid-sync. If the switch freezes or the new account loads without your data, do not start the switch a second time from scratch; repeated attempts can create exactly the duplicates described above. Sign out of every Intuit session, sign back in with the same Intuit account, and check the new product again after a few minutes.
If your receipts, trips, or older transactions are missing, compare them against your exported CSV to see whether the data is absent or merely filtered out of view. Missing records that are genuinely absent belong with Intuit support; bring your account details, the date you switched, and the exported files. For day-to-day errors during the transition, the Self-Employed errors guide covers sign-in, sync, and export failures step by step.
Frequently asked questions
Is QuickBooks Self-Employed discontinued?
It is closed to new customers rather than switched off. Existing subscribers can continue their subscription and sign in on the web. The mobile app was removed from the app stores for new downloads after March 24, 2024, and Intuit now points new buyers to QuickBooks Solopreneur.
Does my mileage transfer to Solopreneur?
Yes. Trips are on Intuit's automatic migration list, along with customers, products and services, bank connections, receipts, and up to three years of transactions. Still export your mileage log as a report, because older trips outside the three-year window do not move.
Do rules and quarterly tax estimates transfer?
Not automatically as of September 2026. Intuit's migration article lists rules and quarterly tax estimates as future support and suggests waiting to switch if you need them. Screenshot or export both before you move, then recreate them in Solopreneur.
Will I lose access to my QuickBooks Self-Employed data?
Yes, after the upgrade completes you cannot open the old account, and there is no way back to QuickBooks Self-Employed. That is why the export steps come first. Keep the report downloads and CSV files for at least as long as your tax record-keeping requirement.
Can I move back if Solopreneur is not right for me?
Not to QuickBooks Self-Employed; the data copy runs one way. You can upgrade from Solopreneur to another QuickBooks Online edition, but that step is also permanent, and goals you set in Solopreneur do not carry over.