I would encourage you to delete all listings – not just “inactivate”. They can bite you even if closed.
Even if you do know this.
- I’ve also seen them “reactivate” on their own. So follow @bookwormapril’s comment
- I’ve also seen them “reappear!” So you’ll need to check back from time to time.
All this is based on some listings reported as showing even though an account was on vaca. I’ve not seen it myself, but it is reported
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Thanks for the welcome! I just logged on and deleted my listings. I haven’t logged into SC in a long time, and boy has it changed!
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Yes, chatGPT is designing homepage widgets now.
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In addition to what @bookwormapril notes, there have been a number of posts showing that ‘deleting’ is not enough.
And, I am guilty of not doing this since I do NOT trust Amazon templates to not get screwed up (probably by ME), but there are posts about permanently removing everything from the entire Amazon data base.
Frankly, I find it hard to believe they would actually scrub everything because I suspect the attorneys would strongly object, but here is a post link and the text –
HOW TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE AN ASIN
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/G201576560
Delete SKUs Using Inventory Loader
You can use the Inventory Loader to delete SKUs from your inventory. Deleting SKUs is different from deleting offerings. Product detail pages are created based on input from many sellers. Using the Inventory Loader to delete SKUs will remove your contributions to the descriptive product attributes that are rendered on product detail pages. This enables you to manage the item data associated with specific SKUs.
Delete both your offers and item data contributions.
Enter an “x” in the add-delete field in your Inventory Loader file. This will completely remove all data associated with your SKU.
Deactivate your offers without deleting item data contributions.
Enter a “d” in the add-delete field in your Inventory Loader file. When you delete offers by entering a “d” in the add-delete field, it sets your inventory for the SKUs to “0”. This will make those listings show as inactive.
If you submitted a category-specific inventory file originally and want to use an Inventory Loader file to delete SKUs or make other changes to your listings, you can modify an Active Listings Report. See Use Reports to Update Inventory
Reuse of SKUs
• In general, we discourage reusing SKUs for different products. Each SKU should have a one-to-one relationship with a unique ASIN.
• Assign a new SKU to each new product being sold. This will maintain previous item data contributions that are associated with a specific SKU.
• If you do reuse a SKU, first delete the active ASIN data or you will receive an error message. To remove old associations before reusing a SKU, enter an “x” in your Inventory Loader file. This is important for sellers who routinely reuse SKUs to associate previous SKUs with new ASINs.
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Glad to see you again! I remember you 
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Nice to be remembered! haha!
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