[GNC] [GNC-dev] GnuCash 3.3 Released

[David Cousens]

Jack,

If you had GnuCash installed it is unclear why you had problems deleting
certain accounts. The only difficulty would normally be if there were
existing transactions to the account you were trying to delete. In that case
you either have to decide to assign the transactions to another account or
delete them. The other area where you might expect problems is with the
business features where deleting accounts will disrupt those features.

It sounds as though your problems were in setting up the CoA to meet your
needs. If you don't need the business features then you should be able to
add and remove accounts as necessary. You may have difficulty removing the
top level Asset, Liability, Equity, Income and Expense accounts and these
should not be removed at all as that will disrupt the reports. They should
really be placeholders for the accounts you need in each category and you
should create your accounts under the top level accounts. The best bet is to
select the accout structure closest to meeting your needs in the setup
assistant and modify it from there.

If you do get in a mess and need to start again, all you need to delete is
the gnucash data file, not the gnucash program or the user settings. There
is some relevant information on this wiki page
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-settings.html
for migrating settings. Migrating the data is a matter of copying the data
file to a new location or opening a new data file and giving it a new name.
As GnuCash creates backup and log files it is a good idea to store your
datafile in its own folder. The data file will be in whatever location you
stored it when you first create the file.

There are a number of tutorials on the internet which discuss removing
GnuCash from MacOS systems:
https://www.uninstallmacapp.com/gnucash-2-6-3-removal.html
https://macuninstallguides.com/remove-gnucash-2-6-3-on-mac.html
http://macosuninstaller.com/remove-gnucash-2-6-10.html

Good luck

David



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