[GNC] Removing old transactions

[Kalpesh Patel]

Even those legal implications would not be of that much of impact as legal authorities (in this case IRS) have subpoenaing power to get those records directly from applicable institutions, and extended lookback is applicable only if fraud is at play which you shouldn't be involved in any ways. 

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From: sunfish62 at yahoo.com <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> 
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2025 11:04 PM
To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Removing old transactions

The facility isn't there because no one has written the code to do it. 

There's a whole lot of complication and, as others have noted, no real functional downside to maintaining large data sets. 

Stan's note about legal implications of maintaining older records is the first one I've heard that offers a more significant reason for removing old records. But that's jurisdictionally-bound, which will again limit the impetus for creating this tool. 

⁣David T. ​

On Dec 19, 2025, 1:11 AM, at 1:11 AM, "David G. Pickett via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>It somewhat begs the question of why there is no facility to remove old 
>data, globally or in selected account subtrees, and replace it with a 
>new opening balance in every account that now needs one (if the account 
>is wiped out, it might just disappear?).  Of course, one might want 
>more date depth of detail on investment accounts, if not stock prices, 
>to help define basis.
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