- There are several ways in which you can delete or remove items from your Catalog. The first is by selecting “Manage Inventory” from the Drop Down Menu of the “Inventory” tab on the top menu of Seller Central.
- Alongside each Product Item is a grey button saying “Edit”.
- Click on this and select “Delete Product and Listing”.
- This only refers to removing your SKU from your Seller Central Catalog but not from Amazon entirely.
- You can also select multiple products on this page, go to the Drop Down Menu at the top left hand side of the table named “Action on X selected” and select “Delete Products and Listings”.
- This will again only remove the SKU from your catalog and not from Amazon.
- The second way is to use the “Inventory Loader” Template.
- Select the “Add Products via Upload” option from the Drop Down Menu of the “Inventory” tab on the top menu of Seller Central.
- On the next page, scroll down to the “Inventory File” header at the bottom of the page and click the “Category-Specific Inventory Files” alongside the “Inventory Updates – Update Listing Data Only” File Type and Use Case.
- In the Pop-Up Window that appears, scroll down to the “Choose a File Template” Header and click on one of the “Inventory Loader” link to download the template alongside the “Inventory Updates – Update Listing Data Only” File Type and Use Case.
- Because you are deleting listings, you must remember to select the letter “d – delete” in the “Add/Delete” Drop Down column.
- This will remove the listings from your Catalog on Seller Central but not from Amazon.
- You can also use this to delete a SKU you wish to reuse for a different product and would need to first delete the old version of the SKU before creating a whole new product listing for that same SKU.
- You can also choose the letter “x – completely from system” in the “Add/Delete” Drop Down column and this will remove this SKU completely off of Amazon’s system, but not the ASIN if it is being sold by other sellers.
- Once you have completed the changes to your SKU using the “d” or “x” letter, save your file and upload it to Seller Central by going to the “Add Products via Upload” option from the Drop Down Menu of the “Inventory” tab on the top menu of Seller Central.
- Select the “Check and Upload your Inventory File” tab along the top of the page.
- Under the “Step 2 – Upload File” header, select your File Type from the Drop Down Menu provided, Choose your File by clicking on the “Choose File” button and you can enter an email address should you wish to be notified once your file has been uploaded.
- Click the “Upload” button and your changes will be uploaded to your catalog.
- There is one final way in which to delete all of your product listings, essentially, deleting your entire catalog in one go, which we would obviously not recommend unless you are liquidating or similar.
- You can do this by going to the “Add Products via Upload” option from the Drop Down Menu of the “Inventory” tab on the top menu of Seller Central.
- On the next page, click on the “Check and Upload Your Inventory File” at the top of the page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the bold red text “Purge and Replace Your Inventory”.
- Select the “Inventory Uploader” Template with all of your SKUs listed within and the “x” value selected in the “Add/Delete” column.
- Then click on the “Purge and Replace” button at the bottom.