[GNC] Removing old transactions

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> Yes, but why keep it all in one file?  Much easier **conceptually**
> (for me anyway) to keep each year in a separate GnuCash database.
> 
> It also means that you can go to the files/database for a particular
> year and, without having to change dates or anything, you can look at
> that year's figures.

Have you tried it?  I did just now, with a GC file that contained
nothing later than 2017, and Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and Profit and
Loss all default to the current years. So if you're talking about
"look[ing] at that year's figures" in reports, you'll still have to
"change dates".

I'm in 4.14, so it's possible that report defaults are different in 5.x,
but I'd be surprised.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com