[GNC] Deleting old entries

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 3/23/2026 12:21 PM, Joseph Hesse wrote:
> My gnucash data is about 7 years old.  I only want the last two years 
> worth of data.  Is there an orderly way of removing old entries?

The "orderly" way would to mimic the old days of pen and ink in bound 
volumes. Back then it was common to "close the books" each year. After 
that new volumes were opened for the next year. So would have a number 
of books, each covering one year. If you wanted to look at something 
from a previous year, look in THAT volume. Likely only looking at things 
at the last couple years, so older volumes might be placed in storage.

It is only because most of us aren't using the software that way, that 
your problem arises. In other words, imagine if you had been doing that 
from the start, new books each year. Would you still be asking your 
question?

If you are then asking, "how do I transition?", well you can start now 
closing each year. After a couple of years you would have completed 
transition.

Michael D Novack