delete file names

Fri May 3 19:52:55 EDT 2013

Hi Derek;

Thanks for replying.

When ever I start something new I usually get more things wrong than right.
This is the first time I was aware of the term "datafile" ,this is what I want to delete.
When I open Gnucash the top line reads "name"- accounts -GnuCash so I assumed this datafile is an account.When I went back into the Help file,I saw the term datafile.

As a means of housekeeping,I would like to clean this up.
This is similar to Sketchup,but the files can be deleted as well as the listings.
Am I the only one that has an issue with this? 

.....thanks           ..joe

n Fri, 5/3/13, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
Subject: Re: delete file names
To: "JOSEPH AIELLO" <jraiello at verizon.net>
Cc: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>, "Users Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 6:51 PM

Joe,

On Fri, May 3, 2013 6:34 pm, JOSEPH AIELLO wrote:
> WELL I am getting close,but no cigar yet.
> I want to delete the entire account,not entries in Chart of Accounts.

I think there is a terminology issue here, and that is causing confusion
(both to you and to the rest of us).  So let me define some terms as far
as GnuCash uses them:

Datafile: a file containing a single GnuCash Book
Book: a set of Accounts
Account: a container that holds Accounts and Transactions
Transaction: a binding of Splits that moves value between Accounts
Split: a part of a Transaction that binds a debit or credit to/from a
particular Account
Chart of Accounts: a page in the GnuCash UI that displays your Accounts in
tree form

So when you say "delete the entire account, not entries in the Chart of
Accounts" you're not making any sense.  Do you want to delete an Account
or are you asking to delete a Datafile?

> Foe example I want to establish  a real account and one or two test
> accounts for "testing" as I work my way around this sytem.
> Currently I can    delete the entire list using the reconmendtions
> suggested. Is there a method to delete a  particular account? I want to
> keep the real account.

It sounds like you're using "account" instead of "Data file" here.
Yes, you can have multiple data files.  GnuCash remembers the most recent
data files you've used, and will automatically reopen the most recently
used data file.  But your data files are just that, files.  You can delete
them just like you would delete a Doc or Spreadsheet file.  GnuCash may
still list it in the Recently Used files, but you can safely ignore that. 
Worst case if you delete the most recently used file, GnuCash will
complain when you start it, but you can just File -> Open the correct file
(or choose the correct file from the list).

Hope this helps,

> ......thanks ...... joe

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-derek

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>  5/3/13, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: delete file names
> To: "JOSEPH AIELLO" <jraiello at verizon.net>
> Cc: "Users Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 3:32 PM
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> You can delete individual accounts in the Chart of Accounts window. Just
> select the account you want to delete and click the delete button. I
> believe right-clicking may get you the option as well. If the account has
> transactions in it, Gnucash will ask you whether to delete the
> transactions there, or which account to change them all to.
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> David
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> P.S. Try to remember to reply-all, so others can hear the dialogue and/or
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> From: JOSEPH AIELLO <jraiello at verizon.net>
> To: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: delete file names
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> Hi David;
> I did as you suggested,and all the file names(accounts) disappeared and
> that is what I asked for. But is there a way to selectively delete
> accounts?
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> .....thanks   ....joe
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> -- file- On Tue, 4/30/13, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: delete file names
> To: "JOSEPH AIELLO" <jraiello at verizon.net>, "gnucash-user at gnucash.org"
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 8:52 PM
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> Hi Joe,
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> Welcome. Your problem is one that has cropped up a number of times over
> the years. 
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> The entries in the file list are not actually the files--which you deleted
> in the operating system (presumably Windows). Those entries are just a
> list of recently-opened files--like the list of recent files you would see
> in Microsoft Word or Excel. The fact that you are getting "File Not Found"
> errors confirms that you have deleted the files.
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> If seeing the list disturbs you, take a look at the thread listed in
> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2011-October/041767.html
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> From: JOSEPH AIELLO <jraiello at verizon.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:27 PM
> Subject: delete file names
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> Hi;
> I am a new user of Gnucash and have a problem.
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> I set up some dummy accounts to feel my way around the system and now I
> want to delete them,but can not.
> I deleted the files  thru the system(c directory),but the names(file not
> found)  still appear in the Gnucash file list.
> What is the proper way to address this? 
> ......thanks     ...... joe
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