[GNC] Deleting old entries

[Patrick James]

> On 03/23/2026 9:21 AM PDT Joseph Hesse <joe.hesse at actcx.com> 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?
> 

There is no one solution that fits all situations, but if you only have basic journal entries with no links to documents, you could set the filter on a General Journal to what you want (2 years), export the register, and then import to a new file.

This process does not "remove" the entries from the original file, but rather creates a new file with the 2 years of data you desire.

Also note that you'll need to enter your opening balances for each account. If you only have a few accounts, it's easy to just manually enter them.