[GNC] Unable to Hide an Account

[Tom Route36]

Hi all,
An update here.  I still don't know WHY the problem happened with this 
one particular account; but I have FIXED it.  The fix was really simple 
too.  The one thing with all my troubleshooting that I didn't try was to 
simply save my GnuCash data file and exit the program.  Once I exited 
and then re-opened the data file, the problem was gone.  The Hidden 
checkbox was working again for this account the way it was supposed to 
work.  I still don't know what triggered or caused the problem; but I 
just wanted to let you guys know how easy it was to fix it.  Live and learn.
Tom


On 11/24/2025 5:33 PM, Tom Route36 wrote:
> Stephen,
> There's really nothing special about this account.  All my many other 
> accounts (with similar properties and under the same parent account) 
> are all okay.  It's just this one specific account with the problem.
>
> But anyway, here's the specifics:
> =====
> Account name: Bay View CD
> Account code: <blank>
> Description: Tom's Bay View CD
> Parent account: Banking  <FYI, no other sub-accounts have this problem>
> Account type: Bank
> Security/currency: USD (US Dollar)
> Smallest fraction: Use Commodity Value
> Account color: <blank>
> Notes: <blank>
> Placeholder: <unchecked>
> Hidden: <checked>
> Auto interest transfer: <unchecked>
> Tax related: <unchecked>
> Opening balance: <unchecked>
> Higher Balance Limit: <blank>
> Lower Balance Limit: <blank>
> Include sub accounts: <unchecked>
> Current balance of the account: $0.00
> =====
>
> Also FYI, I tried moving this account to a different parent account.  
> Same problem.  I also tried making this account a top-level account.  
> Same problem.  I tried renaming the account. Same problem.  I tried 
> unchecking the Hidden option, and then re-checking it.  Same problem.
>
> I've never run into anything like this before with GnuCash; and I'm 
> just wondering if anyone else has come across anything similar.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 11/24/2025 3:40 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>> What is the account type?
>> Does it have sub-accounts?
>> Is it a top-level account?
>>
>> Please be a little more specific?  Maybe it has special characters?
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/25 14:19, Tom Route36 wrote:
>>> For the most part I can hide and unhide accounts in GnuCash without 
>>> any problem.  But today I ran into an issue where there's one 
>>> particular account of mine that seems to be permanently unhidden. In 
>>> the Edit Account options window for that account I can check and 
>>> uncheck the Hidden checkbox just fine.  But for this one particular 
>>> account GnuCash seems to ignore the Hidden setting. This one account 
>>> stays persistently unhidden regardless of the Hidden checkbox setting.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else run into a situation like this?  Any idea how to fix 
>>> the problem?  Note: I do NOT want to try deleting this account.
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