What happens to deleted asssets info?

[JUNIPER]

With the main accounts on the screen (assets, liabilities, income, 
expenses, equity). the clicking on "view" gives me "preferences" (which 
is faint), plus the three tool bars to check - no "filter  by" option.

Steve

Jacob Church wrote:

> With you main accounts tab selected, it's in the view menu under 
> 'Filter by...' In the window that pops up, uncheck the box in the 
> 'Other' tab.
>
> On 10/31/06, * JUNIPER* <snijuniper at comcast.net 
> <mailto:snijuniper at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     I take it, then, that deleting an asset would make a mess and
>     shouldn't
>     be done.
>     I am unable to locate "hide accounts". I've combed the possibilities,
>     including all of the edit/preferences options, which seems the most
>     likely. No sign of it. Could it be that it is not in 1.8.11?
>
>     Speaking of "preferences," I had "days to retain log files" set at
>     5 on
>     August 8th and subsequently changed it to zero. All of the log files
>     have apparently been retained since that date. It looks like manual
>     deletion is the only option.
>
>     While I'm on a roll here... When I hit "reports" and move to "custom
>     reports," nothing happens. A feature added in later version?
>
>     Very appreciatively,
>
>     Steve J
>
>     Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>     > There's an option to ignore/hide accounts with zero balance..  Turn
>     > it on.
>     >
>     > -derek
>     >
>     > Quoting JUNIPER < snijuniper at comcast.net
>     <mailto:snijuniper at comcast.net>>:
>     >
>     >>    I've been using GnuCash long enough now that I've accumulated a
>     >> number of assets I've sold or accounts I've closed which are
>     starting to
>     >> clutter up the screen. If I were to, say, delete the car or CD
>     I sold,
>     >> what happens to the underlying transactions? Although I no
>     longer have
>     >> the asset, I might still want to know about the profit/loss,
>     insurance
>     >> paid, etc. I'm afraid to just delete without understanding this.
>     >>    Steve J
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