[GNC] Removing old transactions

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2025-12-17 12:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> That is doable, but for the amount of effort required, is there some
> overriding *need* to do so? (I have over a decade of transactions and
> GnuCash does not care)

Indeed, I wondered about that too. The file is compressed, so deleting
40% of it is unlikely to save anywhere close to a megabyte. And GC is
peppy at opening and saving, so the shortened file is unlikely to open
or save noticeably faster.

An argument against doing the deletions is the need to create manual
transactions for opening balances of assets, liabilities, and equities,
as you noted. (I'm assuming the questioner's income and expenses have
zero balances at the beginning of a year.)

Stan Brown
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