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# How can I process bulk termination (two or more employees) at once?

If you’re looking to terminate multiple employees simultaneously, you have two methods to achieve this: importing data or manually adding employees to the final settlement payroll.

**Method 1: Importing Data for Bulk Termination**

**Note:** You can process bulk termination of employees by importing data in the correct format.

*   Go to **Employees**.
*   Click the **More** icon on the top right corner and select **Import Data**.
*   Choose **Employee Exit Details** as the type of import.
*   Download a sample .csv or .xls file to understand the correct format.
*   Ensure your bulk termination file aligns with the correct format.
*   Click **Next**.
*   Ensure that Zoho Payroll Fields are correctly mapped with Import File Fields.
*   Click **Import**.

After importing the file, review the details in the bulk and final settlement payroll and proceed with processing it.

**Method 2: Manually Adding Employees to Bulk Final Settlement Payroll**

*   Go to **Employees** in the left sidebar.
*   Select the employee you wish to terminate.
*   Click the **More** icon and select **Initiate Exit process**.
*   Enter the exit details and select **pay as per pay schedule** as the option for when you want to settle the final pay.
*   A final settlement payroll will be created.

**Note:** Do not process the final settlement payroll until you’ve added all other employees to it for bulk termination.

To add other employees to the final settlement payroll:

*   Initiate the exit process for each additional employee.
*   Select **pay as per pay schedule** as the option.

Once done, these employees will be included in the final settlement payroll, which now becomes a bulk final settlement payroll.

With these steps, you can efficiently handle bulk termination and streamline the final payroll process for multiple employees.