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July 2020
July 2020
I have a few accounts I wish to delete but the message says "An account with journal entries may not be deleted." The last time I created a journal for any of these accounts is back in early 2018. The file has since been rolled over, so what gives?
Some are old bank accounts, no longer in use and others are expense or income accounts. It's mainly the bank accounts I wish to delete. They are not linked with Bank feeds, and they have been reconciled with zero balances, also since early 2018
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July 2020
July 2020
Hi @RobNob
Once an account has been used in a transaction, it cannot be deleted. Rolling to a new FY does not change this. You may be able to combine accounts you no longer need.
Regards
Gavin
July 2020
July 2020
Thanks Gavin, but had already tried that as well. Can't delete accounts with journals.
Looks like I'm stuck with a bunch of zero balance accounts, which, I guess is just an aesthetic nuisance.
Maybe the only solution is to re-use the account numbers for something else, and rename them as required, but not sure if that will bite me at some stage?
July 2020 - last edited July 2020
July 2020 - last edited July 2020
Hello @RobNob
Unfortunately as indicated, an account that has been used in a transaction won't be able to be deleted. However, the suggestion to combine accounts may work for you. For example, if you have 2 bank accounts and an inventory account that are no longer required and are inactive, you could merge them into one so that you just have one unused account in your list instead of three.
On top of that, your thinking was correct in that you could rename the defunct account(s) and sort the list accordingly so that they appear at the bottom. Go to the blue arrow in the Account Reconciliation Review window and rename the account number ending to something not in use, like -999. Once you've changed the name and closed out of the company auditor it should appear when you go back in. You should then be able to sort the list so the accounts you want to hide are at the bottom of the list so you don't have to search through them every time.
Kind regards,
Emily
MYOB Community Support
July 2020
July 2020
Thanks Emily, but I was hoping to be more radical with renumbering the offending account. My thought is to change the number to an income or expense account - ie so to remove it from the balance sheet, because the balance sheet seems to insist in showing ZERO accounts, whereas P&L accounts do NOT. And then, at some time in the future, I could label that account as an expense or income account.
But I'm still a bit worried that such a move might impact something I haven't considered.
July 2020
July 2020
I do see where you are coming from and on the surface I don't believe that would be an issue. However, I am hesitant to give specific advice as to what you have suggested without knowing how your accounts are set up, what sort of transactions are linked, any other parameters particular to your business, etc. I do suggest taking a backup of your current file and then testing your method; if it has any detrimental effects you will have the original setup saved. You can also play around in the sample file, Clearwater, and see if you can replicate an account or two and test the change/rename.
Kind regards,
Emily
MYOB Community Support
July 2020
July 2020
Good advice. Thanks Emily!
July 2020
July 2020
Duh! I should have checked this earlier, but I now find that MYOB doesn't allow me to change the account number from 1- to something else. It's locked in to the asset range and can't be changed. That's not how it was in Premier some years ago very dissapointed!
July 2020
July 2020
Hello @RobNob1
I apologise, in re-reading the last few posts I see that I should have been more clear and also misunderstood what you aimed to do. The -9999 was meant to indicate the last four digits on the account, not the initial code of 1, 2, 3, etc. which cannot be changed, nor can the initial label of Income, Expense, Liability, etc. I do apologise for the misleading information there.
Realising this workaround is not ideal for you, I would direct you to the AccountRight Ideas Exchange where another user posted on the same topic in June. You can comment and show support for this idea and this is where developers are able to view user feedback directly for consideration in future updates.
Kind regards,
Emily
MYOB Community Support
July 2020
July 2020
All good Emily, I may not have been clear enough. I'll certainly check out your suggestion.
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