close account

[Fred Bone]

On 22 January 2012 at 18:29, Liz said:

> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:34:34 -0500
> "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sat, January 21, 2012 10:21 am, Zunbeltz Izaola wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have an account under my "current asests" account for my bank
> > > checkin account. Recently I change my bank. Now, I would like to
> > > "close" one of the accounts in the "current assets".
> > > I can set "hide" in the account settings, but it still appears in the
> > > register when I am entering a transaction. Is there any way to take
> > > this account out without removing all its data?
> > 
> > In addition to marking the account Hidden, you can also mark it as a
> > Placeholder.  This will keep it from the popup lists too.
> > 
> 
> I've got one "Hidden" and can't find a way to edit it to mark it
> "Placeholder"
> Any ideas?

>From the "Accounts" page, View->Filter by, Other, Show hidden accounts.

Then you can "Edit" it and set "Placeholder".

Finally, unset the "Show hidden accounts".