close account

[Liz]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:22:25 -0000
"Fred Bone" <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> 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".
> 

Thanks to both of you.
I thought i'd tried every menu option, but i'd missed one