Edit a customer
Keep a customer’s details up to date: rename them, change their address, update who you contact, or take them off your list.
Change the name or address
Section titled “Change the name or address”- Open the customer’s page.
- Click Edit name and address.
- Change the Customer name or the address fields. To clear a field, delete its text.
- Click Save. You’ll see Customer updated.
The customer name is what shows in your customer list, on the calendar, and on receipts.
Edit a contact
Section titled “Edit a contact”- On the customer’s page, find Contacts.
- Click the pencil next to the contact.
- Change their First Name, Last Name, Email, or Phone.
- Tick or untick Opt-in to receive SMS appointment reminders. If you tick it, they get a welcome text.
- Click Update Contact.
Change the primary contact
Section titled “Change the primary contact”Reminders, receipts, and agreements go to the primary contact.
- Click the pencil next to the contact who should be primary.
- Tick Primary contact.
- Click Update Contact.
The old primary contact becomes a regular contact. You can’t untick Primary contact on the current primary. Make someone else primary instead.
Remove a contact
Section titled “Remove a contact”- Click the pencil next to the contact.
- Click Remove contact, then confirm.
You can’t remove the primary contact. Make someone else primary first.
Archive a customer
Section titled “Archive a customer”Archive a customer who no longer comes in. They disappear from your customer list and search. Their past appointments and payments stay.
- Open the customer’s page.
- Under Danger zone, click Archive customer.
- Click Archive.
Restore an archived customer
Section titled “Restore an archived customer”- Go to Customers and click Archived.
- Open the customer.
- Under Danger zone, click Restore customer.
Delete a customer
Section titled “Delete a customer”Deleting removes the customer, their contacts, and their pets for good.
- Open the customer’s page.
- Under Danger zone, click Delete customer.
- Click Delete.
You can only delete a customer who has no appointments, payments, or messages. Otherwise Packyard tells you to archive them instead.
- Added the same person twice? Delete the copy you just made, before you book it.
- The Archived filter is on a computer. On a phone, archived customers don’t show in the list.
- Only owners and staff can edit customers and contacts. Groomers can see them, add client notes, and upload pet photos.