QuickBooks Point of Sale Discontinued

Updated: September 29, 2026

Intuit discontinued QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale 19.0 on October 3, 2023, ending sales, support, and every connected service that made it more than a standalone cash register. If you’re still running it, the software itself keeps working. Everything around it doesn’t.

Key Takeaways

• QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale 19.0 was discontinued October 3, 2023, and Intuit stopped selling new licenses in February 2023.
• The core software still runs today, but it receives no security patches, no updates, and no support from Intuit.
• Several connected services, including payments and gift cards, stopped working entirely on the discontinuation date, not just support.
• Intuit’s own recommended replacement is Shopify POS, via a partnership announced in 2023, though it’s not the only option.

What Actually Happened

Intuit introduced QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale more than 20 years ago. According to Intuit’s own discontinuation notice, the platform became difficult to maintain and update, which is why Intuit stopped selling new licenses in February 2023 and fully discontinued the product on October 3, 2023. There will be no future versions.

What Stopped Working on October 3, 2023

The core software wasn’t the only thing affected. On the discontinuation date, these connected services stopped working entirely:

• QuickBooks Point of Sale Payments
• QuickBooks Point of Sale Gift Card Service
• Mobile Sync
• Store Exchange
• Ecommerce integration with Webgility
• Live support (phone, email, chat)
• Vendor Lookup Service

If any of these were part of your daily operation, they didn’t quietly degrade, they stopped on that specific date.

Can I Still Use QuickBooks POS Today?

Yes, with a real caveat. The local software continues to run for basic tasks, ringing up sales, tracking inventory, running reports, exactly as it did before. What it doesn’t get anymore is security patches or feature updates. For a system that processes payment data, running indefinitely without security updates is a real, ongoing risk, not a one-time inconvenience you can plan around and forget.

If you’re only using QuickBooks for accounting rather than the discontinued POS itself, that’s a separate, unaffected product, see how QuickBooks Online and a real POS system work together if you’re unsure which QuickBooks product you actually have.

What Intuit Recommends, and Other Options

Intuit’s own recommended path is Shopify POS, through a partnership announced alongside the discontinuation, with a migration tool for importing customers, vendors, and items. It’s not the only option, and it isn’t necessarily the right fit for every retailer, particularly ones running multiple locations or needing real-time inventory sync across registers.

For a full, honest breakdown of replacement options, including where Realtime POS fits and where it doesn’t, see QuickBooks POS Discontinued: Your Best Replacement Options.

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