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Join nowI started a new QB online in the hopes of starting fresh. The old Chart of Accounts doesn't work well. Sadly, the one thing that did migrate from desktop to online was the chart of accounts. How can I clear it out and start fresh? There is no actual data to worry about - we are starting fresh
A warm welcome to the Community, KAT1607.
To clear out your chart of accounts, you can make the accounts inactive and create a new one to start fresh.
You can follow the steps below to make them inactive:
Here are some things to consider when deleting an account in QuickBooks Online (QBO):
Once done, you can scan through the following write-up to re-create the account: Add an account to your chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online.
For more details about how the chart of accounts works, check this out: Manage default and special accounts in your chart of accounts. This will provide you details on what are the accounts that can't be deleted as well as the steps on how to merge them in QuickBooks.
Should you need anything else, please let me know. I'll be around to keep helping.
Hi, KAT1607.
Hope you're doing great. I wanted to see how everything is going about clearing out your chart of accounts. Was it resolved? Do you need any additional help or clarification? If you do, just let me know. I'd be happy to help you at anytime.
Looking forward to your reply. Have a pleasant day ahead!
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