[GNC] How To Remove All Old Invoices

[Keith Fetterman]

Has anyone found a way to remove old invoices?  

I am using a GnuCash accounting file for a different business, but I want to retain the same customers.  I followed the steps below to remove the old transactions and use the same chart of accounts.  I discovered today that the old file also retained all of the previous invoices, and I didn’t find a command to delete them.  Is there anyway to remove the old invoices?

If not, I think I will need to start from scratch and re-import the customers.  Unfortunately, that would mean having to go through each customer and reestablish the billing terms and sales tax table assignements.




> On Mar 20, 2021, at 6:30 PM, Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> How about:
> . Export the Accounts
> . Delete each Account (and its transactions)
> . Import the Accounts.
> 
> 
> Geoff
> =====
> 
> On 21/03/2021 12:23 pm, Keith Fetterman wrote:
>> I’ve tried that, and you are correct.  I creates the same chart of accounts, but the tax tables, customers/vendors, etc. are missing.
>> I thought a bulk delete of the transactions would work, but I don’t see a way to bulk delete the transactions.
>>> On Mar 20, 2021, at 6:21 PM, D. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That saves accounts, but I believe not any of the business objects, unfortunately.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> From: "D. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Sent: Sat Mar 20 21:18:51 EDT 2021
>>> To: Keith Fetterman <keithfetterman at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Remove All Transactions
>>> 
>>> File->Export Accounts
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> From: Keith Fetterman <keithfetterman at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Sat Mar 20 21:14:40 EDT 2021
>>> To: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: [GNC] How To Remove All Transactions
>>> 
>>> I need to create a copy of an existing GnuCash file that does not have the transactions.  I need to keep the same chart of accounts, configuration and settings, tax tables, customers, vendors and report configurations in the new GnuCash file, but have all of the transactions removed.  What is the easiest way to do this?
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to bulk delete all of the transactions and have an empty chart of accounts?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Keith
>>> 
>>> PS.  I checked the mailing list, but I could find any recent posts.
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